gripple
adjective
1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Griping; tenacious; gripping.
2. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Grasping; greedy; snatchy; mean; avaricious, covetous.
3. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Sprained.
noun
1. A ditch; a drain.
2. (obsolete, rare) A hook.
3. (obsolete, rare) A grasp; a grip.
verb
1. (transitive, rare) To grasp.