grip
IPA: grˈɪp
noun
- 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.]
verb
- (transitive) To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
- (transitive) Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
- (transitive) To firmly hold the attention of.
- (dialectal) To trench; to drain.
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