GRIP
\ɡɹˈɪp], \ɡɹˈɪp], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈɪ_p]\
Definitions of GRIP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
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to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"
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worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made
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hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel"
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the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"
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to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"
By Princeton University
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the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
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to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The eye of the Ancient Mariner fascinated the wedding guest." Burton; "The serpent fascinates its prey,..by the power of his eyes." Todd & Bowman
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to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"
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worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made
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hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The griffin.
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An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
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A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.
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That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.
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A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
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To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
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Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
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A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel.
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The influenza; grippe.
By Oddity Software
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The griffin.
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An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
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A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.
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That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.
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A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
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To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
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Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
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A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel.
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The influenza; grippe.
By Noah Webster.
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A grasp with the hand; a holding fast; that by which anything is held firmly; a particular mode of grasping the hand, as among Freemasons; grasping power; colloquially, in the United States, a valise; a disease like a bad cold with a fever; influenza; la grippe.
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To grasp, or seize.
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To take fast hold.
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Gripper.
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Gripped.
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Gripping.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To gripe; grasp.
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The act of grasping firmly; a firm grasp.
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A handle; gripping mechanism.
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Severe influenza or epidemic catarrh.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [German, Danish] A grasp or pressure of the hand;—a peculiar mode of clasping or shaking the hand—the masonic grip;—tenacious power, purchase, bite of pincers or other tool; hold; clutch.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Danish] A small ditch or furrow.
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