bitch vs gripe

bitch

noun
  • A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified. 

  • An obviously gay man. 

  • Something unforgiving and unpleasant. 

  • A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother. 

  • A man considered weak, effeminate, timid or pathetic in some way 

  • A queen. 

  • Place; situation 

  • A difficult or confounding problem. 

  • A woman. 

  • Friend. 

  • A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman. 

  • A submissive person who does what others want; (prison slang) a man forced or coerced into a homoerotic relationship. 

  • A queen playing card, particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts. 

verb
  • To spoil, to ruin. 

  • To criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected. 

  • To behave or act as a bitch. 

gripe

noun
  • A complaint, often a petty or trivial one. 

  • A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems. 

  • The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind. 

  • The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot. 

  • Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines. 

  • An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted. 

verb
  • To suffer griping pains. 

  • To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm. 

  • To annoy or bother. 

  • To complain; to whine. 

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