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Grip
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- 1 A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand. countable, uncountable
"It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands."
- 2 A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain. dialectal
- 3 the act of grasping wordnet
- 4 Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface. uncountable
"These tyres are worn out and don't have much grip."
- 5 A channel cut through a grass verge, especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway.
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- 6 a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes wordnet
- 7 A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies. countable, uncountable
"Near-synonym: handgrip"
- 8 a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place wordnet
- 9 A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.; Ellipsis of pistol grip. abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
- 10 the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it wordnet
- 11 A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something. countable, uncountable
"The unthreaded portion of the bolt's shank is called the grip."
- 12 an intellectual hold or understanding wordnet
- 13 A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something.; An apparatus attached to a car (e.g., cable car, funicular car, mine car) for clutching a traction cable. countable, uncountable
- 14 worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made wordnet
- 15 Assistance; help; encouragement. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"He gave me a grip."
- 16 the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) wordnet
- 17 Someone who is helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"You're a real grip."
- 18 Control, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"We need to get a grip on these spiralling costs."
- 19 Mental grasp. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"He's losing his grip – he's practically senile."
- 20 A medium-sized bag or holdall for one's belongings, made of soft leather, canvas etc., and carried in the hand by two handles, one either side of the opening. countable, uncountable
- 21 A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved by dragging with a mouse or finger. countable, uncountable
- 22 A person responsible for handling equipment on the set. countable, uncountable
- 23 As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful. countable, slang, uncountable
"I need to get a grip of nails for my project."
- 24 A lot of something. California, Southern, countable, slang, uncountable
"That is a grip of cheese."
- 25 A long time. California, Southern, countable, slang, uncountable
"I haven't seen you in a grip."
- 26 Archaic spelling of grippe (“influenza”). alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
"She has the grip."
- 27 A small travelling-bag or gripsack. countable, uncountable
"'I put my grips against the communicating door last night'."
- 1 To take hold (of), particularly with the hand. intransitive, transitive
"That suitcase is heavy, so grip the handle firmly."
- 2 To trench; to drain. dialectal
- 3 hold fast or firmly wordnet
- 4 To figuratively take hold of or grasp. transitive
"We need to grip this problem, not shut our eyes and hope it goes away."
- 5 to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match wordnet
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- 6 Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon. transitive
"As the water level began to rise, I was gripped by panic."
- 7 to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe wordnet
- 8 To firmly hold the attention of. transitive
"The movie gripped me from beginning to end."
Etymology
Verb from Middle English grippen, from Old English grippan, from a Proto-Germanic *gripjaną (compare Old High German gripfen); compare the related Old English grīpan, whence English gripe. See also grope, and the related Proto-Germanic *grīpaną. Noun from Middle English grippe, gripe, an amalgam of Old English gripe (“grasp, hold”) (cognate with German Griff) and Old English gripa (“handful”) (cognate with Swedish grepp).
Verb from Middle English grippen, from Old English grippan, from a Proto-Germanic *gripjaną (compare Old High German gripfen); compare the related Old English grīpan, whence English gripe. See also grope, and the related Proto-Germanic *grīpaną. Noun from Middle English grippe, gripe, an amalgam of Old English gripe (“grasp, hold”) (cognate with German Griff) and Old English gripa (“handful”) (cognate with Swedish grepp).
From Middle English grip, grippe, gryppe (“a ditch, drain”), from Old English grēp (“a furrow, burrow”) and grēpe (“a furrow, ditch, drain”), from Proto-Germanic *grōpiz (“a furrow, groove”). Cognate with Middle Dutch grippe, gruppe (“ditch, drain”), greppe, German Low German Gruppe (“ditch, drain”). Related also to Old English grōp (“a ditch, drain”). More at groop.
From Middle English grip, grippe, gryppe (“a ditch, drain”), from Old English grēp (“a furrow, burrow”) and grēpe (“a furrow, ditch, drain”), from Proto-Germanic *grōpiz (“a furrow, groove”). Cognate with Middle Dutch grippe, gruppe (“ditch, drain”), greppe, German Low German Gruppe (“ditch, drain”). Related also to Old English grōp (“a ditch, drain”). More at groop.
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