grip

Speech parts

1. grip - Noun

2. grip - Verb

Meaning

The griffin.

A small ditch or furrow.

To trench; to drain.

An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.

A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.

That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.

A device for grasping or holding fast to something.

To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

grasp clasp hold clutch control take command capture handle bag embrace traction clamp grapple fascinate
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Antonyms

jade jezebel release alpine daunt concern
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Hypernyms

influence interest seize clutch seizing luggage

Hyponyms

gladstone panhandle twitch haft stock crop

Phrases with the word

devil's grip in the grip of grip oneself with both hands mechanic's grip get a grip on oneself get a grip of oneself

Derivatives

gripped gripping gript

Anagrams

prig IGRP PIRG

Examples

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity - much less dissent. Gore Vidal

Nothing in all the world is so nonsensical and contradictory, save mortals, that is, who live in the grip of the superstitions of the past. Anne Rice

Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it. Rabindranath Tagore

It hits like a grip on a pig. Dutch Proverb

Pulling the devil by the leg is a bad grip. Irish Proverb

His fore feet though you sever, his grip he'll make good. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Grinzo griot griotic grip area grip car grip force meter