单词 | gripping |
释义 | grippingn.1 a. The action of grip v.1; a taking firm grasp or hold (literal and figurative); seizure. ΘΚΠ 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). ΚΠ 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 = griping n.2 ΘΚΠ 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. That grips, clutches, clips, or grasps tightly. ΘΚΠ 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. Derivatives ˈgrippingly adv. ΘΚΠ 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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