grip
/ˈɡɹɪp/
A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand; Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface; A place to grip; a handle
- plural
- grips
Meanings
- 1
A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
Get a grip on yourself.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
He has a grip of steel.
Tatoeba · CS · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface
- 3
A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies
- 4
A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something
- 5
Control, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast
- 6
Mental grasp
- 7
A medium-sized bag or holdall for one's belongings, made of soft leather, canvas etc., and carried in the hand by two handles, one either side of the opening
- 8
A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something.; An apparatus attached to a car (e.g., cable car, funicular car, mine car) for clutching a traction cablerare
- 9
A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved by dragging with a mouse or fingerrare
- 10
A person responsible for handling equipment on the setrare