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grip
I. \ˈgrip\ verb
(gripped or gript ; gripped or gript ; gripping ; grips)
Etymology: Middle English grippen, from Old English grippan; akin to Old High German gripfen to grip, Old English grīpan to seize, attack — more at gripe
transitive verb
1. : to seize or lay hold on tightly and tenaciously : grasp firmly
2. archaic : to take or get possession of : seize, appropriate
3. : to give a handclasp to
4. : to fasten or attach by a grip or clutch
5.
a. : to make a tenacious impression upon
< the pathos of the play gripped the beholders >
b. : grasp vt 3
intransitive verb
: to take firm hold
< the anchor grips >
: close tightly
< his jaws gripped >
: rivet attention
< the story grips >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, partly from Old English gripe grasp, seizure; partly from Old English gripa handful, sheaf; akin to Old English grīpan to seize, attack — more at gripe
1.
a. : an energetic or tenacious grasp : a seizing or clutching of something tightly (as with the hand)
< got a good grip on his collar >
b. : strength in gripping
c. : manner or style of gripping: as
(1) : a peculiar mode of clasping the hand by which members of a group (as a secret order) recognize or greet one another
(2) : arrangement of and muscular force applied through the hands in grasping something
< notice the balanced grip of an expert golfer >
2. dialect England : as much as can be gripped : handful
3. : a spasm of pain
4.
a. : power or force of hold or domination : control, mastery
< unable to escape the grip of his bad habits >
b. : power of apprehension : grasp
< he has a thorough grip of his duty now >
< no real intellectual grip of the subject >
5. : a part or device for gripping; especially : an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable
6. : a part or device by which something is grasped (as a handle):
a.
(1) : the portion of a firearm gripped by the trigger hand when firing
(2) : either of the pieces (as of wood, plastic, mother-of-pearl) that are fitted one on either side to the portion of the frame of a handgun which forms the grip
b. : the plaited woolen covering on a bell rope — called also sally
7. : a piece of hand luggage (as a suitcase)
< the bellboy carried the grips >
8. : the total thickness of metal held between the two heads of a rivet in a riveted joint
9. : sceneshifter
10. [short for gripgrass] : cleavers
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- at grips
III. noun
also gripe \ˈgrīp\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English grippe, grip, from Old English grȳpe; akin to Old English & Middle Low German grope pot, Middle Dutch groepe, grope ditch, grope, groppe pot, Old Norse greypa to groove
dialect chiefly England : a small ditch or furrow : gutter
IV. transitive verb
dialect England : trench, drain
V. noun
(-s)
Etymology: by alteration
: grippe |