grip

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: grĭp, IPA(key): /ɡɹɪp/ Rhymes: -ɪp === Etymology 1 === Verb from Middle English grippen, from Old English grippan, from a Proto-Germanic *gripjaną (compare Old High German gripfen); compare the related Old English grīpan, whence English gripe. See also grope, and the related Proto-Germanic *grīpaną. Noun from Middle English grippe, gripe, an amalgam of Old English gripe (“grasp, hold”) (cognate with German Griff) and Old English gripa (“handful”) (cognate with Swedish grepp). ==== Verb ==== grip (third-person singular simple present grips, present participle gripping, simple past and past participle gripped) (transitive or intransitive) To take hold (of), particularly with the hand. (transitive) To figuratively take hold of or grasp. (transitive) Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon. (transitive) To firmly hold the attention of. ===== Synonyms ===== (take hold of): clasp, grasp; See also Thesaurus:grasp ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== grip (countable and uncountable, plural grips) A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand. (uncountable) Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface. A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies. Near-synonym: handgrip (by extension) Ellipsis of pistol grip. A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something. An apparatus attached to a car (e.g., cable car, funicular car, mine car) for clutching a traction cable. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (figurative) Assistance; help; encouragement. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (figurative) Someone who is helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring. (figurative) Control, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast. (figurative) Mental grasp. A medium-sized bag or holdall for one's belongings, made of soft leather, canvas etc., and carried in the hand by two handles, one either side of the opening. (graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved by dragging with a mouse or finger. (film or television production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set. Hyponym: key grip Coordinate terms: gaffer, gofer (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful. (chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something. (chiefly Southern California slang) A long time. Archaic spelling of grippe (“influenza”). (archaic except rail transport) A small travelling-bag or gripsack. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== (a lot of) hella, hecka === Etymology 2 === From Middle English grip, grippe, gryppe (“a ditch, drain”), from Old English grēp (“a furrow, burrow”) and grēpe (“a furrow, ditch, drain”), from Proto-Germanic *grōpiz (“a furrow, groove”). Cognate with Middle Dutch grippe, gruppe (“ditch, drain”), greppe, German Low German Gruppe (“ditch, drain”). Related also to Old English grōp (“a ditch, drain”). More at groop. ==== Alternative forms ==== gripe ==== Noun ==== grip (plural grips) (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain. A channel cut through a grass verge, especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway. ===== Derived terms ===== gripple ==== Verb ==== grip (third-person singular simple present grips, present participle gripping, simple past and past participle gripped) (dialectal) To trench; to drain. === Anagrams === IGRP, PIRG, prig == Albanian == === Etymology === Probably a modern loanword, from German Grippe. === Noun === grip m flu, influenza == Antigua and Barbuda Creole English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === grip (plural grip dem, quantified grip) suitcase == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from French grippe, from Frankish *grīpan (“to seize”), from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡɾip] === Noun === grip f (plural grips) flu (influenza) === Further reading === “grip”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “grip”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “grip” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “grip” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English grip. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣrɪp/ === Noun === grip m (plural grippen, diminutive gripje n) hold (to ensure control) ==== Related terms ==== greep griep grijpen begrip == Haitian Creole == === Etymology === From French grippe (“influenza”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɣip/ === Noun === grip influenza, flu === References === Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[6], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 78 == Icelandic == === Noun === grip inflection of gripur: indefinite accusative singular indefinite dative singular == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch griffel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡrip/ Hyphenation: grip === Noun === grip (plural grip-grip) (colloquial, archaic) stylus ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Alan M. Stevens; A. Ed. Schmidgall-Tellings (2010), A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary‎[7], second edition, Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, →ISBN == Ladino == === Alternative forms === gripa === Etymology === Borrowed from French grippe (“influenza”). === Noun === grip f (medicine) influenza, flu === References === == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== grip alternative form of gripe (“griffin”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== grip alternative form of grippe == North Frisian == === Alternative forms === gripe (Mooring) === Etymology === From Old Frisian grīpa, from Proto-West Germanic *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɡrɪp] === Verb === grip (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) to grab, take, seize ==== Conjugation ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === grip imperative of gripe == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === grip inflection of gripa: present imperative == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡriːp/ === Verb === grīp singular imperative of grīpan == Romansh == === Noun === grip m (plural grips) rock == Serbo-Croatian == === Alternative forms === grȉpa (Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro) === Noun === grȉp m inan (Cyrillic spelling гри̏п) (Serbia) flu, influenza == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡriːp/ Rhymes: -iːp === Noun === grip c a griffin (mythological beast) (in some compounds) a thing, a valuable ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === grip imperative of gripa === References === “grip”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “grip”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “grip”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French grippe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɟɾip/ === Noun === grip (definite accusative gripi, plural gripler) (pathology) flu, influenza, grippe ==== Descendants ==== → Laz: გრიფი (gripi) == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English gripe (“grip”, rarely "sharp pain"), from Old English gripe, from Proto-West Germanic *gripi, from Proto-Germanic *gripiz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡrɪp/ === Noun === grip (plural gripès) A twinge; a sharp pain. === References ===