gripple English

Meaning gripple meaning

What does gripple mean?

gripple adjective

— (UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Griping; tenacious; gripping.

— (UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Grasping; greedy; snatchy; mean; niggardly; avaricious, covetous.

— (UK, _, dialectal, Scotland) Sprained.

gripple noun

— A ditch; a drain.

gripple noun

— (obsolete, rare) A hook.

— (obsolete, rare) A grasp; a grip.

gripple verb

— (transitive, rare) To grasp.