Grip
noun
The act of holding something tightly.
I lost my grip and dropped the glass.
Often appears as...
- get a grip
- lose your grip
noun
Control over something.
He's losing his grip on reality.
Often appears as...
- get a grip on
- lose one's grip on
verb
To hold something firmly.
Grip the steering wheel firmly.
Often appears as...
- grip tightly
- grip firmly
noun
A person who moves and sets up equipment in a film or TV set.
The grip is responsible for moving the camera around the set.
Usage tips
Technical
noun
An understanding or knowledge of a subject.
She has a good grip of financial matters.
Often appears as...
- get a grip
- have a good grip
noun
The act of holding something tightly.
I lost my grip and dropped the glass.
Often appears as...
- get a grip
- lose your grip
noun
Control over something.
He's losing his grip on reality.
Often appears as...
- get a grip on
- lose one's grip on
verb
To hold something firmly.
Grip the steering wheel firmly.
Often appears as...
- grip tightly
- grip firmly
noun
A person who moves and sets up equipment in a film or TV set.
The grip is responsible for moving the camera around the set.
Usage tips
Technical
noun
An understanding or knowledge of a subject.
She has a good grip of financial matters.
Often appears as...
- get a grip
- have a good grip
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
Used to describe the action of physically holding something very tightly with hands.
You need a strong grip to climb that rope.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Intensity
Can imply strong emotional attachment or obsession when used metaphorically.
She couldn't keep her grip on the old love letters.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
Used to describe the action of physically holding something very tightly with hands.
You need a strong grip to climb that rope.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Intensity
Can imply strong emotional attachment or obsession when used metaphorically.
She couldn't keep her grip on the old love letters.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
Used to describe the action of physically holding something very tightly with hands.
You need a strong grip to climb that rope.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Intensity
Can imply strong emotional attachment or obsession when used metaphorically.
She couldn't keep her grip on the old love letters.
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Why do your knuckles...
like the importance of eating spinach. The jury's still out on that one. As for knuckle-cracking, one study suggests that all that joint stretching and bubble bursting can cause your hands to swell and weaken your grip. But the biggest proven danger seems to be annoying those around you.
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Controlling time through...
they would travel from one point on a map to another it's through storytelling the time temporarily loses a grip on us and on our perception of the world in being a filmmaker I'm very fortunate to have this extra dimension of choosing any
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Why doesn’t anything...
carbon and fluorine interact so strongly that the normal, intermolecular forces that help substances stick to each other don't stand a chance. Even the famously adhesive feet of geckos usually can't get a grip. But wait!
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
gravity. Well, Rick, if you want to get to grips with gravity, you're gonna need to start by thinking big. And I mean cosmically big. Imagine that this piece of black cloth is the universe, the very fabric of space-time.
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Why should you read...
But while the characters and their psychologies are gripping, Tolstoy is not afraid to interrupt the narrative to pose insightful questions about history. Why do wars start? What are good battlefield tactics?
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Seven Wonders of the New...
of light in the sky. I'm not sure I even knew the meaning of the word 'science' then, but I wanted somehow to immerse myself in all that grandeur. I was gripped by the splendor of the universe, transfixed
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How to practice...
It make us really afraid to reach out, because why set yourself up for rejection and heartache when your heart is already aching more than you can stand? I was in the grips of real loneliness back then,
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Hermit Crabs Use Litter...
So, they leave seashells near the rubbish piles to help the homeless crustaceans. The crab normally winds its body into the spiral of a shell. It's far harder to grip a straight and slippery can.
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Snow Leopard Hunting PIPE...
Her large paws give an excellent grip and that long tail helps her balance.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
a large pores give an excellent grip and that long tail helps her balance
Video examples
Why do your knuckles...
like the importance of eating spinach. The jury's still out on that one. As for knuckle-cracking, one study suggests that all that joint stretching and bubble bursting can cause your hands to swell and weaken your grip. But the biggest proven danger seems to be annoying those around you.
Video examples
Controlling time through...
they would travel from one point on a map to another it's through storytelling the time temporarily loses a grip on us and on our perception of the world in being a filmmaker I'm very fortunate to have this extra dimension of choosing any
Video examples
Why doesn’t anything...
carbon and fluorine interact so strongly that the normal, intermolecular forces that help substances stick to each other don't stand a chance. Even the famously adhesive feet of geckos usually can't get a grip. But wait!
Video examples
How To Levitate PIPE The...
gravity. Well, Rick, if you want to get to grips with gravity, you're gonna need to start by thinking big. And I mean cosmically big. Imagine that this piece of black cloth is the universe, the very fabric of space-time.
Video examples
Why should you read...
But while the characters and their psychologies are gripping, Tolstoy is not afraid to interrupt the narrative to pose insightful questions about history. Why do wars start? What are good battlefield tactics?
Video examples
Seven Wonders of the New...
of light in the sky. I'm not sure I even knew the meaning of the word 'science' then, but I wanted somehow to immerse myself in all that grandeur. I was gripped by the splendor of the universe, transfixed
Video examples
How to practice...
It make us really afraid to reach out, because why set yourself up for rejection and heartache when your heart is already aching more than you can stand? I was in the grips of real loneliness back then,
Video examples
Hermit Crabs Use Litter...
So, they leave seashells near the rubbish piles to help the homeless crustaceans. The crab normally winds its body into the spiral of a shell. It's far harder to grip a straight and slippery can.
Video examples
Snow Leopard Hunting PIPE...
Her large paws give an excellent grip and that long tail helps her balance.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
a large pores give an excellent grip and that long tail helps her balance
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Robby Benson
American Actor
If you're afraid of death, I would say, either fight for your life or come to grips with the fact you may not make it. And in doing that there shouldn't be bitterness. There should be a celebration. There should be an understanding of how lucky you are. That's how I feel.
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Nolan Ryan
American Athlete
I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family.
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Tilda Swinton
English Actress
There is something insane about a lack of doubt. Doubt - to me, anyway - is what makes you human, and without doubt, even the righteous lose their grip, not only on reality but also on their humanity.
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Stanley Hauerwas
American Theologian
To be poor does not mean you lack the means to extend charity to another. You may lack money or food, but you have the gift of friendship to overwhelm the loneliness that grips the lives of so many.
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Tony Bradman
English Writer
Once the world has been created, the fantasy author still has to bring the story's characters to life and unfold a gripping plot. That's why good fantasy is such a hard act to bring off.
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Sam Jaeger
American Actor
I am always looking for stories that have not been told too much, and one story that I think is really gripping and important is what police officers go through.
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Robert Harris
British Novelist
One cannot see any world leader who has got a grip on the financial markets these days. They're too big, too fast. I think that's quite scary.
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Jim Bouton
American Athlete
You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.
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John Searles
American Writer
My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot.
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James Ellroy
American Writer
I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their humanity.
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Robby Benson
American Actor
If you're afraid of death, I would say, either fight for your life or come to grips with the fact you may not make it. And in doing that there shouldn't be bitterness. There should be a celebration. There should be an understanding of how lucky you are. That's how I feel.
Quote examples
Nolan Ryan
American Athlete
I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family.
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Tilda Swinton
English Actress
There is something insane about a lack of doubt. Doubt - to me, anyway - is what makes you human, and without doubt, even the righteous lose their grip, not only on reality but also on their humanity.
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Stanley Hauerwas
American Theologian
To be poor does not mean you lack the means to extend charity to another. You may lack money or food, but you have the gift of friendship to overwhelm the loneliness that grips the lives of so many.
Quote examples
Tony Bradman
English Writer
Once the world has been created, the fantasy author still has to bring the story's characters to life and unfold a gripping plot. That's why good fantasy is such a hard act to bring off.
Quote examples
Sam Jaeger
American Actor
I am always looking for stories that have not been told too much, and one story that I think is really gripping and important is what police officers go through.
Quote examples
Robert Harris
British Novelist
One cannot see any world leader who has got a grip on the financial markets these days. They're too big, too fast. I think that's quite scary.
Quote examples
Jim Bouton
American Athlete
You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.
Quote examples
John Searles
American Writer
My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot.
Quote examples
James Ellroy
American Writer
I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their humanity.
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