Gripping
/ˈɡɹɪpɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of forming a grip.
"His resentful comments on this conviction were greeted only by great tears falling in silence, and almost convulsive grippings of his hand."
- 2 Obsolete form of griping (“pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines”). alt-of, obsolete
"The same Night it began to operate by Grippings and Sweating, and he being bred a Surgeon, took some Medicines to correct the Grippings, which in some Measure the Medicine did, but he lost his Appetite […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of grip form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Which catches someone's attention; exciting
"a gripping action film"
Adjective
- 1 capable of arousing and holding the attention wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Bitterly cold air is gripping America, while on the other side of the globe, Australia is sizzling as a record heatwave takes hold."