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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