Definition of gripple:
(adj) :
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Griping; tenacious; gripping.
(adj) :
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Grasping; greedy; snatchy; mean; niggardly; avaricious, covetous.
(n) :
A ditch; a drain.
(v) :
(transitive, rare) To grasp.
(adj) :
(UK dialectal, Scotland) Sprained.
(n) :
(obsolete, rare) A hook.