gripe vs slab

gripe

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

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

  • A complaint, often a petty or trivial one. 

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

  • 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. 

slab

noun
  • An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc. 

  • A poured-concrete foundation for a building. 

  • A car that has been modified with equipment such as loudspeakers, lights, special paint, hydraulics, and other accessories. 

  • A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat. 

  • A very large wave. 

  • The slack part of a sail. 

  • A paving stone; a flagstone. 

  • A large, luxury pre-1980 General Motors vehicle, particularly a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac. 

  • The amount by which a cache can grow or shrink, used in memory allocation. 

  • A sequence of 12 adjacent bits, serving as a byte in some computers. 

  • A carton containing 24 cans (chiefly of beer). 

  • Part of a tectonic plate that is being, or has been, subducted. 

verb
  • To make something into a slab. 

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