Meaning of grip in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To take hold of, particularly with the hand.

  Example: After a few slips, the tires gripped the pavement.

• To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.

  Example: He grips me.

• To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.

  Example: Let’s grip (get a coffee, hang, take a break, see a movie, etc.)

• To trench; to drain.

noun

• A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.

  Example: It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.

• A handle or other place to grip.

  Example: There are several good grips on the northern face of this rock.

• 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).

• A lot of something.

  Example: That is a grip of cheese.

• A long time.

  Example: I haven't seen you in a grip.

• A small travelling-bag or gripsack.

• An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.

• Assistance; help or encouragement.

  Example: He gave me a grip.

• A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.

  Example: You're a real grip.

• As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.

  Example: I need to get a grip of nails for my project.

• A tenacious grasp; a holding fast.

  Example: in the grip of a blackmailer

• A device for grasping or holding fast to something.

noun

• Influenza, the flu.

noun

• A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.

noun

• The griffin.