gripping
/ˈɡɹɪpɪŋ/
gripping adjective: which catches someone's attention; exciting. Also the present participle and gerund of grip.
Adjective
gripping (comparative more gripping, superlative most gripping)
- Which catches someone's attention; exciting
- a gripping action film
- Synonyms:
- interesting, absorbing, fascinating
Noun
gripping (plural grippings)
- The act of forming a grip.
- His resentful comments on this conviction were greeted only by great tears falling in silence, and almost convulsive grippings of his hand.1949, Stendhal [pseudonym; Marie-Henri Beyle], edited by William Somerset Maugham, Stendhal's The Red and the Black, volume 10, page 126
Also used as
gripping is also the present participle and gerund of grip.
gripping is also the obsolete form of griping.
gripping meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Odia and Nepali
gripping in Hindi
- ग्रिपिंग
gripping in Bengali
- গ্রিপিং
gripping in Odia
- ଗ୍ରିପିଂ
gripping in Nepali
- ग्रिपिङ, ग्रिपिंग
Examples of gripping in a sentence
- His thrillers are always a gripping read.
- "Grip tightly on the rope!" — "I'm gripping! I'm gripping!"
- On the gripping hand we didn't have to use it ourselves, so that was alright.
Synonyms of gripping
Forms of gripping
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more gripping |
| superlative | most gripping |
| Noun | |
| plural | grippings |
Words formed from gripping
Phrases with gripping
Words that rhyme with gripping
Questions about gripping
- What does gripping mean?
- Gripping means which catches someone's attention; exciting.
- What is gripping in Hindi?
- Gripping in Hindi is ग्रिपिंग. See Gripping meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gripping?
- Gripping can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce gripping?
- Gripping is pronounced /ˈɡɹɪpɪŋ/.
Words near gripping in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gripping (page history and authors); gripping (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gripping (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gripping (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gripping (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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