ALL meanings of grip
grip
G g - transitive verb grip fascinate 1
- noun grip understanding 1
- noun grip a hold on 1
- noun grip handle 1
- noun grip TV, movie worker 1
- noun grip tyres, tires 1
- noun grip handshake 1
- noun grip sanity 1
- noun grip the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp. 1
- noun grip the power of gripping: He has a strong grip. 1
- noun grip a grasp, hold, or control. 1
- noun grip mental or intellectual hold: to have a good grip on a problem. 1
- noun grip competence or firmness in dealing with situations in one's work or personal affairs: The boss is old and is losing his grip. 1
- noun grip a special mode of clasping hands: Members of the club use the secret grip. 1
- noun grip something that seizes and holds, as a clutching device on a cable car. 1
- noun grip a handle or hilt: That knife has a very unusual grip. 1
- noun grip a sudden, sharp pain; spasm of pain. 1
- abbreviation GRIP grippe. 1
- noun grip Older Use. a small traveling bag. 1
- noun grip Take and keep a firm hold of; grasp tightly. 1
- noun grip Theater. a stagehand, especially one who works on the stage floor. Movies, Television. a general assistant available on a film set for shifting scenery, moving furniture, etc. 1
- verb with object grip to grasp or seize firmly; hold fast: We gripped the sides of the boat as the waves tossed us about. 1
- verb with object grip to take hold on; hold the interest of: to grip the mind. 1
- verb with object grip to attach by a grip or clutch. 1
- verb without object grip to take firm hold; hold fast. 1
- verb without object grip to take hold on the mind. 1
- idioms grip come to grips with, to encounter; meet; cope with: She had never come to grips with such a situation before. to deal with directly or firmly: We didn't come to grips with the real problem. 1
- noun Definition of grip in Technology Graph Reduction In Parallel. Simon Peyton Jones's GRIP machine built at UCL, now at the University of Glasgow. It has many processors (Motorola 68020 or other) on Futurebus with intelligent memory units. 1
- noun grip grasp, hold 1
- verb grip If you grip something, you take hold of it with your hand and continue to hold it firmly. 0
- countable noun grip A grip is a firm, strong hold on something. 0
- singular noun grip Someone's grip on something is the power and control they have over it. 0
- verb grip If something grips you, it affects you very strongly. 0
- verb grip If you are gripped by something such as a story or a series of events, your attention is concentrated on it and held by it. 0
- uncountable noun grip If things such as shoes or car tyres have grip, they do not slip. 0
- countable noun grip A grip is a bag that is smaller than a suitcase, and that you use when you are travelling. 0
- noun grip the act or an instance of grasping and holding firmly 0
- noun grip the strength or pressure of such a grasp, as in a handshake 0
- noun grip the style or manner of grasping an object, such as a tennis racket 0
- noun grip understanding, control, or mastery of a subject, problem, etc (esp in such phrases as get or have a grip on) 0
- noun grip a part by which an object is grasped; handle 0
- noun grip a travelling bag or holdall 0
- noun grip any device that holds by friction, such as certain types of brake 0
- noun grip a method of clasping or shaking hands used by members of secret societies to greet or identify one another 0
- noun grip a spasm of pain 0
- noun grip a worker in a camera crew or a stagehand who shifts sets and props, etc 0
- noun grip a small drainage channel cut above an excavation to conduct surface water away from the excavation 0
- verb grip to take hold of firmly or tightly, as by a clutch 0
- verb grip to hold the interest or attention of 0
- noun grip the act of taking firmly and holding fast with the hand, teeth, an instrument, etc.; secure grasp; firm hold 0