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单词 gripping
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grippingn.1

/ˈɡrɪpɪŋ/
Etymology: < grip v.1 + -ing suffix1.
a. The action of grip v.1; a taking firm grasp or hold (literal and figurative); seizure.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > laying hold or seizing
gripinga1300
arrestc1386
gripe1393
seizingc1400
henting1440
kippingc1440
prensation1620
gripping1632
apprehension1646
comprehension1712
prehension1807
1632 Acts of Bailiary in G. Barry Hist. Orkney (1805) App. ix. 473 Anent Gripping of Lands.
a1658 J. Durham Expos. Rev. (1680) i. 15 There is most sensible footing and, so to speak, gripping to be gotten by looking to the Mediator.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 108 A neglect of the higher things that belong to salvation, and also a gripping unto the things of this world.
1898 Daily News 23 Sept. 6/5 The bruises caused..by gripping were recent.
b. attributive (with reference to cable-traction).
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1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 86 Advocating the Chicago type of grip..in preference to those provided with gripping wheels or rollers.
1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 99 The gripping apparatus provided upon the cars..is a device consisting of two movable jaws..which engage or release the cable at the will of the operator.
1899 J. Pennell in Fortn. Rev. 65 121 The two gripping arms of the brake were applied by chains.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

grippingn.3

/ˈɡrɪpɪŋ/
Etymology: < grip v.2 + -ing suffix1.
= griping n.2
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society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > digging or excavating > of trenches
trenching1543
gripping1852
1852 J. Wiggins Pract. Embanking Lands 128 Gripping at 1½d. or 2d. per rod.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

grippingadj.

/ˈɡrɪpɪŋ/
Etymology: < grip v.1 + -ing suffix2.
That grips, clutches, clips, or grasps tightly.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [adjective]
fasta1398
gripple1513
nipping1566
griping?1573
grasping1577
gripping1623
tenacious1647
holding1681
vice-like1835
tenent1861
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [adjective]
catching?a1430
vive1528
fascinating1618
affecting1665
amusing1695
uptaking1737
striking1752
interesting1768
arresting1792
frappant1797
riveting1800
engrossing1820
enchaining1823
arrestive1834
alive1844
vivid1853
seizing1865
absorptive1881
absorbative1893
gripping1896
intriguing1909
attention-getting1917
grippy1921
head-turning1938
gimmicky1957
compulsive1961
spellbinding1978
stunty1981
1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 55 [Riches] like to Thornes which laid on an open hand, may bee blowne away, and on a closing and hard gripping, wound it.
1741 A. Monro Anat. Nerves 20 in Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) The gripping Fingers stopt the Course of a Fluid.
1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xxxviii. 305 We were shod not in gripping felt but in goloshes of an enormous size.
figurative.1895 Daily News 20 Apr. 7/5 Death, he rejoiced to say, had only cost them 20l. in spite of the gripping winter.1896 Athenæum 11 Apr. 487/1 There is..much that is genuine and gripping in the play.

Derivatives

ˈgrippingly adv.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [adverb]
strikingly1752
fascinatingly1773
interestingly1811
engrossingly1835
absorbingly1836
rivetingly1849
arrestingly1882
fruitily1918
intriguingly1922
grippingly1934
compulsively1966
1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1961 John o' London's 14 Dec. 664/1 It was grippingly well acted.
1969 Daily Tel. 5 Nov. 13/5 Nearly all the work's varied utterances were similarly well characterised by the Group, the clarinet solo..grippingly so if with a certain unauthorised licence.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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