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grip

noun

1 grip

The act of grasping:
— He has a strong grip for an old man.

synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, hold.

Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory.    compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, ... show more

Roget 327: tenacity, toughness, strength; (cohesion) 46; grip, grasp, stickiness, (cohesion) 46; sequacity; stubbornness etc. (obstinacy);; ... show more

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Roget 737: authority; influence, patronage, power, preponderance, credit, prestige, prerogative, jurisdiction; right etc. (title) 924; direction ... show more

Roget 781: retention; retaining etc. v.; keep, detention, custody; tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip.    ... show more

Roget 789: taking etc. v.; reception etc. (taking in) 296; deglutition etc. (taking food) 298; appropriation, prehension, prensation; ... show more

Dutch: klemmen, omklemmen
Polish: chwyt

2 grip

The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it:
— It was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip.

synonyms: handgrip, handle, hold.

Dutch: handel, kruk, oor
Polish: rączka

3 grip

A portable rectangular container for carrying clothes.

synonyms: bag, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag.

Dutch: koffer, valies
Polish: walizka

4 grip

The friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road).

synonyms: adhesive friction, traction.

Polish: przyczepność

5 grip

Worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made.

Polish: wózkarz

6 grip

An intellectual hold or understanding:
— A good grip on French history.
— They kept a firm grip on the two top priorities.
— He was in the grip of a powerful emotion.

synonym: grasp.

Dutch: greep, grip, houvast

7 grip

A flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place:
— In Britain they call a bobby pin a grip.

synonyms: bobby pin, hairgrip.

Dutch: haarspeld
Polish: wsuwka

verb

1 grip

Hold fast or firmly.

Roget 327: be tenacious etc. adj.; resist fracture.    grip, grasp, stick (cohesion) 46.   

Dutch: grijpen

2 grip

To grip or seize, as in a wrestling match.

synonym: grapple.

Roget 789: take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket; receive; accept.    reap, crop, cull, ... show more

3 grip

To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe.

synonyms: fascinate, spellbind, transfix.


Moby thesaurus: abduct, ability, absorb, absorb the attention, access, acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, address, adeptness, adhere to, administration, adroitness, airmanship, apoplexy, apprehension, approach, arrest, artfulness ... show more.

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