gripple
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Is gripple a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of gripple?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Griping; tenacious; gripping.Northern-EnglandScotlandUKdialectal
2. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Grasping; greedy; snatchy; mean; niggardly; avaricious, covetous.Examples: "Still as he rode, he gnasht his teeth to see Those heapes of gold with griple Covetyse"; "It is easy to observe, that none are so gripple and hard fisted, as the childless […]"Northern-EnglandScotlandUKdialectal
3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Sprained.ScotlandUKdialectal
noun (English)
1. (obsolete, rare) A hook.obsoleterare
2. (obsolete, rare) A grasp; a grip.Examples: "Ne ever Artegall his griple strong / For any thing wold slacke, but still upon him hong."obsoleterare
verb (English)
1. (transitive, rare) To grasp.raretransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary