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Grip   /grɪp/   Listen
Grip

noun
1.
The act of grasping.  Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, hold.  "He has a strong grip for an old man" , "She kept a firm hold on the railing"
2.
The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.  Synonyms: handgrip, handle, hold.  "It was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"
3.
A portable rectangular container for carrying clothes.  Synonyms: bag, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag.
4.
The friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road).  Synonyms: adhesive friction, traction.
5.
Worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made.
6.
An intellectual hold or understanding.  Synonym: grasp.  "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.
A flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place.  Synonyms: bobby pin, hairgrip.
verb
1.
Hold fast or firmly.
2.
To grip or seize, as in a wrestling match.  Synonym: grapple.
3.
To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe.  Synonyms: fascinate, spellbind, transfix.



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"Grip" Quotes from Famous Books



... creature, which I now saw was a huge mias, very like the one we had before seen. Oliver had his gun in his hand, and presenting it at the animal's head, he drew the trigger, but it failed to go off, and the mias closed upon him. One grip of the fierce creature's powerful mouth would, it seemed, have been sufficient to deprive him of life. Oliver had lifted up his gun with the other hand. The creature seized the weapon. What was my ...
— In the Eastern Seas • W.H.G. Kingston
... time dreaming of obstacles you may never encounter, or in crossing bridges you have not reached. Don't fool with a nettle! Grasp with firmness if you would rob it of its sting. To half will and to hang forever in the balance is to lose your grip on life. ...
— Architects of Fate - or, Steps to Success and Power • Orison Swett Marden
... of pose, no line of the impassive face altering, shot out a large, muscular hand, seized that of Paul Harley in a tremendous grip, and almost instantly put his hand behind his back again. "Had no plans," he replied, in a high, monotonous voice; "I was bored ...
— Fire-Tongue • Sax Rohmer
... o' hell's a hangman's whip To hand the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honor grip, Let that aye be your border. 694 BURNS: Ep. ...
— Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations • Various
... sequestered for near upon a month in a bourock of old cold ruins on the Bass. Move that and see what dirt you fling on the proceedings! Sirs, this is a tale to make the world ring with! It would be strange, with such a grip as this, if we couldna squeeze out a pardon ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson


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