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Definition of 'GRIP'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) grip
the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.

2.  grip
the power of gripping:
to have a strong grip.

3.  grip
a grasp, hold, or control:
in the grip of fear; Get a grip on yourself.

4.  grip
mental or intellectual hold:
to have a good grip on a problem.

5.  grip
competence or firmness in dealing with things:
to lose one's grip.

6.  grip
a special mode of clasping hands.

7.  grip
something that seizes and holds, as a clutching device on a cable car.

8.  grip
a handle or hilt.

9.  grip
a sudden, sharp pain; spasm of pain.

10.  grip
Older Use. a small traveling bag.

11.  grip
a stagehand.

12.  grip
a general assistant on a film set for shifting scenery, moving furniture, etc.

13. (v.t.) grip
to grasp or seize firmly; hold fast.

14.  grip
to take hold on; hold the interest of:
to grip the mind.

15.  grip
to attach by a grip or clutch.

16. (v.i.) grip
to take firm hold; hold fast.

17.  grip
to take hold on the mind.

Definition of 'GRIP'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold
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"

2. (noun) handle, grip, handgrip, hold
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"

3. (noun) bag, traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, suitcase
a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
"he carried his small bag onto the plane with him"

4. (noun) grip, traction, adhesive friction
the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)

5. (noun) grip
worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made

6. (noun) grip, grasp
an intellectual hold or understanding
"a good grip on French history"; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp"

7. (verb) bobby pin, hairgrip, grip
a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place
"in Britain they call a bobby pin a grip"

8. (verb) grip
hold fast or firmly
"He gripped the steering wheel"

9. (verb) grapple, grip
to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
"the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"

10. (verb) fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind
to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
"The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"

Definition of 'GRIP'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) grip
when sb holds sth tightly
a firm grip; She loosened her grip and the dog ran off.

2.  grip
the control sb has over sb or sth
Keep a firm grip on your finances.

3. (verb) grip
to hold tightly
The girl gripped her father around the neck.

4.  grip
to affect strongly
The country was gripped by a flu epidemic.

5.  grip
to keep sb's attention
a novel that gripped me from the beginning

Definition of 'GRIP'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) GRIP
the griffin

2. (noun) GRIP
a small ditch or furrow

3. (verb) GRIP
to trench; to drain

4. (verb) GRIP
an energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping

5. (verb) GRIP
a peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip

6. (verb) GRIP
that by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword

7. (verb) GRIP
a device for grasping or holding fast to something

8. (verb) GRIP
to give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe

Translation of 'GRIP'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to take a firm hold of He gripped his stick; The speaker gripped (the attention of) his audience.
Afrikaans: vasgryp, omknel	Arabic: يَمْسِك، يَقْبِض بِشِدَّه	Bulgarian: хващам
Brazilian: agarrar	Czech: sevřít; upoutat	German: packen
Danish: gribe	Greek: πιάνω, κρατώ σφιχτά	Spanish: empuñar, agarrar, aferrar
Estonian: haarama	Farsi: محکم گرفتن	Finnish: tarttua
French: empoigner	Hebrew: לֶאֱחוֹז בְּכּוֹח	Hindi: पकड़ना
Croatian: uhvatiti, zadobiti	Hungarian: megragad	Indonesian: menggenggam
Icelandic: grípa	Italian: impugnare; avvincere	Japanese: しっかりと握る
Korean: 단단히 잡다	Lithuanian: suspausti saujoje, sugnia	Latvian: (cieši) satvert; saistīt
Malay: mempesona	Dutch: (vast)grijpen, pakken; bo	Norwegian: gripe, ta et fast grep i/
Polish: chwytać	Persian: محکم گرفتن	Pashto: په منګول كى نيونه كلك نيو
Portuguese: agarrar	Romanian: aînhăţa; a capta (atenţia	Russian: схватывать; захватывать
Slovak: zovrieť; upútať	Slovenian: zgrabiti, pritegniti	Serbian: zgrabiti
Swedish: fatta tag i, greppa, fäng	Thai: การยึดเกาะ	Turkish: sımsıkı tutmak, kavramak
Taiwanese: 緊抓	Ukrainian: схоплювати	Urdu: مضبوطی سے گرفت میں لینا
Vietnamese: nắm chặt; giữ chặt	Chinese: 抓牢
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