Dictionary Entry
grip
grip is a 4-letter English word with 18 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The griffin. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 18 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The griffin.
- 2noun
A small ditch or furrow.
- 3transitive verb
To trench; to drain.
- 4transitive verb
An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
- 5transitive verb
A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.
- 6transitive verb
That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.
- 7transitive verb
A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
- 8transitive verb
To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
- 9noun
the act of grasping
"he released his clasp on my arm"
"he has a strong grip for an old man"
- 10noun
a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
"he carried his small bag onto the plane with him"
- 11noun
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"
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- 12noun
the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
"he grabbed the hammer by the handle"
"it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"
- 13noun
an intellectual hold or understanding
"a good grip on French history"
"they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"
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- 14noun
worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made
- 15noun
the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
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- 16verb
hold fast or firmly
"He gripped the steering wheel"
- 17verb
to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
"the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"
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- 18verb
to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
"The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"
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