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What (who) is grip - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
GRIP; Grip!; Grips; Grip (disambiguation)
Grip
·noun A small ditch or furrow.
II. Grip ·noun The Griffin.
III. Grip ·add. ·noun The influenza; grippe.
IV. Grip ·add. ·noun A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel.
V. Grip ·vt A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
VII. Grip ·vt An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
VIII. Grip ·vt That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.
X. Grip ·add. ·noun Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
XI. Grip ·vt A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.
grip
¦ verb (grips, gripping, gripped)
1. take and keep a firm hold of.
2. (of an emotion or situation) have a strong or adverse effect on.
[often as adjective gripping] hold the attention or interest of.
¦ noun
1. a firm hold.
effective control: he had to take a grip on his nerves.
an understanding of something.
2. a part or attachment by which something is held in the hand.
Brit. a hairgrip.
3. a travelling bag.
4. a stagehand in a theatre.
a member of a camera crew responsible for moving and setting up equipment.
Phrases
come (or get) to grips with
1. engage in combat with.
2. begin to deal with or understand.
lose one's grip become unable to understand or control one's situation.
Derivatives
gripper noun
grippingly adverb
grippy adjective
Origin
OE grippa (v.), gripe 'grasp, clutch' (n.), gripa 'handful, sheath'; related to gripe.
grip
Money, cash.
I'm broke. Ain't got no grip.
I'm broke. Ain't got no grip.
Examples of use of grip
1. It‘s a clog, remember, but the grip in front should compensate for the absence of heel grip.
2. These departures will consolidate the president‘s grip.
3. That will further weaken Labour‘s hegemonic grip.
4. However, that‘s partly because the grip itself is longer, with about 3.25 inches of main grip space compared with the Nikon D3, which has about 2.5 inches of main grip space.
5. GRIP ON POWER Dissidents and Western governments say the new constitution is a blueprint for the generals to maintain their grip on power.