gripe vs snub

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. 

snub

noun
  • A deliberate affront or slight. 

  • A sudden checking of a cable or rope. 

verb
  • To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone. 

  • To check; to reprimand. 

  • To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner. 

  • To turn down insultingly; to dismiss. 

  • To sob with convulsions. 

  • To stub out (a cigarette etc). 

  • To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of. 

adj
  • Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular faces. 

  • Conspicuously short. 

  • Flat and broad, with the end slightly turned up. 

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