grip

IPA: grˈɪp

A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
A handle or other place to grip.
(figurative) Assistance; help or encouragement.
(figurative) A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
(figurative) Control, power or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
(slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
(computing, graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
(film production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
(chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
(chiefly Southern California slang) A long time.
(archaic except rail transport) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
(dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
Archaic spelling of grippe (“influenza”). [(pathology, dated) Influenza, the flu.]

Examples of "grip" in Sentences

In the grip is your revolver; would you know it again?
U.S. billionaires still dominate the ranks -- but their grip is slipping.
Hand grip is not the only source, but a tight arm and wrist make writing a pain.
Places in hydraulic clamp which holds the shaft; the grip is attached to the shaft.
Rather the amount you generated and sent back into the grip is subtracted from the amount you consumed.
(END VIDEO CLIP) MOOS: Occupational therapists offer tips to prevent strain from what they call grip and grin.
Dis new name what they call grip is pleurisy-cold -- putrid sore-throat is called somethin '-- yes, diptheria.
Would be great to set up so that the bow grip is at waist level with nothing to get in the way when standing up.
Joan took hold of the household with no uncertain grip, revolutionizing things till Sheldon hardly recognized the place.
And it was well that they should stand together, -- a pair who held in grip and could direct at will the potent capital which two nations had contributed to the development of the land under the Pole.