grip in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
grip in Kashmiri कॉशुर
grip in Malayalam മലയാളം
grip in Sindhi سنڌي
grip in Tamil தமிழ்
grip in English
- grip⇄adj. gripless.
- grip⇄expr. come (or get) to grips with, to work hard and seriously on; struggle with; attempt to cope with.
Ex. So far the trustees have not come to grips with their most serious problem (Maclean's). - grip⇄expr. come to grips, to fight hand to hand; struggle close together.
Ex. I saw we were come to grips at last (Robert Louis Stevenson). - grip⇄expr. lose one's grip, to lose control.
Ex. He was losing his grip on Das Kapital, the first volume of which had failed to bring him the public recognition he had expected (Edmund Wilson). - grip⇄grip, noun, verb, grippedorgript,gripping.
- grip⇄noun gripper.
- grip⇄noun 1. a seizing and holding tight; tight grasp; firm hold.
Ex. McGinnis's grip on the throttle loosened (Newsweek).
2. the power of gripping.
Ex. the grip of a bear.
3. a thing for gripping something, such as one by which a ca - grip⇄v.i. to take firm hold; make a grasp; get a grip.
- grip⇄v.t. to seize and hold firmly; take a firm hold on.
Ex. The dog gripped the stick.
1. (Figurative.) to get and keep the interest and attention of.
Ex. An exciting story grips you.
2. to attach, as with a grip or grappling iron.