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noun

Grip n. (Zool.) The griffin. (Obs.)

Grip n. A small ditch or furrow.

Grip n.

An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.

A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.

That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.

A device for grasping or holding fast to something.

Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.

A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel or suitcase. (Colloq.)

(Med.) The influenza; grippe.

verb

Grip v. t. To trench; to drain.

Grip v. t. To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.

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Etymology of 'Grip'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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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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