grip

Probably a modern loanword, from German Grippe.


grip

Borrowed from French grippe, from Frankish *grīpan (“to seize”), from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.


grip

nl-noun

grip m (plural grippen, diminutive gripje n)

grippen (plural)
gripje (diminutive neuter)


grip

That suitcase is heavy, so grip the handle firmly.

Unfortunately the glue didn't grip, and the whole thing came apart.

After a few slips, the tires gripped the pavement.

"Grip tightly on the rope!" — "I'm gripping! I'm gripping!"

When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.

1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

(transitive or intransitive) To take hold (of), particularly with the hand.

We need to grip this problem, not shut our eyes and hope it goes away.

(transitive) To figuratively take hold of or grasp.

As the water level began to rise, I was gripped by panic.

[…] I lost something of the stifling fear that had gripped me, and could listen with more ease to what was going forward.

[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:

(transitive) Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.

The movie gripped me from beginning to end.

(transitive) To firmly hold the attention of.

en-verb

grip (third-person singular simple present grips, present participle gripping, simple past and past participle gripped)

grips (present singular third-person)
gripping (participle present)
gripped (participle past)
gripped (past)

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).


grip

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

The ball will move differently depending on the grip used when throwing it.

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

These tyres are worn out and don't have much grip.

(uncountable) Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface.

Near-synonym: handgrip

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

The grip of a sword is part of its hilt.

en:a place to grip; a handle; a portion of a handle

A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.

The unthreaded portion of the bolt's shank is called the 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.

He gave me a grip.

(figurative) Assistance; help; encouragement.

You're a real grip.

en:someone who is helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring

(figurative) Someone who is helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring.

We need to get a grip on these spiralling costs.

in the grip of a blackmailer

to strengthen one's grip on a company

Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.

2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

The current president toppled his uncle in a violent coup in 1979, before sentencing him to death by firing squad. Since then, he has consolidated his grip over the country's industries and is accused of diverting tax money into his personal accounts.

2016 June 22, Max Bearak, “The world’s longest-serving president just appointed his son as VP”, in The Washington Post:

Instead England produced something that felt a little transgressive in this most controlled of stages, tightening their grip in a bruising first half, before freewheeling downhill in the second with their feet up on the handlebars.

2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian:

(figurative) Control, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.

He's losing his grip – he's practically senile.

For God's sake man, stop panicking and get a grip of yourself!

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.

en:GUI component for resizing, moving, etc

graphical user interface
graphical user interface

(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.

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

en:the amount that a hand can hold, a handful

(slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.

That is a grip of cheese.

(chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.

I haven't seen you in a grip.

(chiefly Southern California slang) A long time.

She has the grip.

It so happened that, during a stretch of inclement weather in the fall, Lester was seized with a mild form of grip. When he felt the first symptoms he thought that his indisposition would be a matter of short duration, and tried to overcome it by taking a hot bath and a liberal dose of quinine. But the infection was stronger than he counted on; by morning he was flat on his back, with a severe fever and a splitting headache.

1911, Theodore Dreiser, chapter XXXII, in Jennie Gerhardt:

Grip! Grip!! The little touch of grip you had is no excuse for following the example of some of our "best citizens" who make every little ailment a pretext for dallying with the "demon"!!!!!

1908, A.D. Condo, The Outbursts of Everett True:

Archaic spelling of grippe (“influenza”).

'I put my grips against the communicating door last night'.

1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 35:

(archaic except rail transport) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.

en-noun

grip (countable and uncountable, plural grips)

machiniste

A person responsible for handling equipment in film


grip

(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.

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.


grip

grips (present singular third-person)
gripping (participle present)
gripped (participle past)
gripped (past)
gripe (alternative)


grip

inflection of gripur:
indefinite accusative singular

inflection of gripur:
indefinite dative singular


grip

Borrowed from French grippe (“influenza”).


grip

grip (infinitive infinitive-i)
gripen (infinitive infinitive-ii)
tu gripen (infinitive infinitive-ii)
greben (participle past)
grip (imperative singular)
grip’m (imperative plural)
grip (first-person present singular)
greeb (first-person past singular)
grapst (present second-person singular)
greebst (past second-person singular)
grapt (present singular third-person)
greeb (past singular third-person)
grip (plural present)
greeb (past plural)
haa greben (first-person perfect singular)
hed greben (first-person pluperfect singular)
heest greben (perfect second-person singular)
hedst greben (pluperfect second-person singular)
hee greben (perfect singular third-person)
hed greben (pluperfect singular third-person)
haa greben (perfect plural)
hed greben (pluperfect plural)
skal grip (first-person future singular)
wal grip (first-person future singular)
skääl grip (future second-person singular)
wääl grip (future second-person singular)
skal grip (future singular third-person)
wal grip (future singular third-person)
skel grip (future plural)
wel grip (future plural)
grip (infinitive infinitive-i)
gripen (infinitive infinitive-ii)
tö gripen (infinitive infinitive-ii)
grepen (participle past)
grip (imperative)
grip (first-person present singular)
greep (first-person past singular)
grepst (present second-person singular)
greepst (past second-person singular)
grept (present singular third-person)
greep (past singular third-person)
grip (present)
greep (past)
haa grepen (first-person perfect singular)
her grepen (first-person pluperfect singular)
heest grepen (perfect second-person singular)
herst grepen (pluperfect second-person singular)
heer grepen (perfect singular third-person)
her grepen (pluperfect singular third-person)
haa grepen (perfect)
her grepen (pluperfect)
skel grip (first-person future singular)
wel grip (first-person future singular)
sket grip (future second-person singular)
wet grip (future second-person singular)
skel grip (future singular third-person)
wel grip (future singular third-person)
skel grip (future)
wel grip (future)
gripe (alternative)

From Old Frisian grīpa, from Proto-West Germanic *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną.


grip

grȉp (canonical masculine)
гри̏п (Cyrillic)
grȉpa (alternative)


grip

Gripen

grip (indefinite nominative singular)
grips (genitive indefinite singular)
gripen (definite nominative singular)
gripens (definite genitive singular)
gripar (indefinite nominative plural)
gripars (genitive indefinite plural)
griparna (definite nominative plural)
griparnas (definite genitive plural)


grip

head

grip (definite accusative gripi, plural gripler)

gripi (accusative definite)
gripler (plural)

→ Laz: გრიფი (gripi)


grip

From Middle English gripe (“grip”, rarely "sharp pain"), from Old English gripe, from Proto-West Germanic *gripi, from Proto-Germanic *gripiz.