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grip

/ɡɹɪp/

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What does grip mean?

verb

  1. To take hold (of), particularly with the hand.
  2. To figuratively take hold of or grasp.
  3. Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
More meanings (20)

verb

  1. To firmly hold the attention of.
  2. To trench; to drain.

noun

  1. A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
  2. Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface.
  3. A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
  4. Ellipsis of pistol grip.
  5. A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something.
  6. An apparatus attached to a car (e.g., cable car, funicular car, mine car) for clutching a traction cable.
  7. (figuratively) Control, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
  8. (figuratively) Mental grasp.
  9. 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.
  10. A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved by dragging with a mouse or finger.
  11. A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
  12. (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
  13. (slang) A lot of something.
  14. (slang) A long time.
  15. A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
  16. A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
  17. A channel cut through a grass verge, especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway.
  18. (archaic) Archaic spelling of grippe (“influenza”).
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IPA pronunciation

/ɡɹɪp/

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In the pages of books

See this word in context.

She found Avonlea in the grip of such an early, cold, and stormy winter as even the “oldest inhabitant” could not recall.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of the IslandProject Gutenberg ebook #51
Interest measures--or rather is--the depth of the grip which the foreseen end has upon one, moving one to act for its realization.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
More book examples (3)
Of the six persons practicing addition, five of us also practiced the making of a maximum grip with a thumb and forefinger.
Walter Dill ScottIncreasing Human Efficiency in Business A Contribution to the Psychology of BusinessProject Gutenberg ebook #1319
Above all, do not buy from the traveling nursery agent, with his grip full of wonderful lithographs of new and unheard-of novelties.
F. F. (Frederick Frye) RockwellHome Vegetable Gardening A Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home UseProject Gutenberg ebook #7123
Occasionally in the North Country it will be found that the soil is too thin over the rocks to grip the tent-pegs.
Stewart Edward WhiteThe ForestProject Gutenberg ebook #9376