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gripping beast

gripping beast noun: any of a number of stylised animals that intertwine and grip one another and other design elements, found in the decorative arts of the ancient Norse.

Noun

gripping beast (plural gripping beasts)

  1. Any of a number of stylised animals that intertwine and grip one another and other design elements, found in the decorative arts of the ancient Norse.

Forms of gripping beast

pluralgripping beasts

Questions about gripping beast

What does gripping beast mean?
Gripping beast means any of a number of stylised animals that intertwine and grip one another and other design elements, found in the decorative arts of the ancient Norse.
What part of speech is gripping beast?
Gripping beast is a noun.
What is the plural of gripping beast?
The plural of gripping beast is gripping beasts.

Words near gripping beast in the dictionary

  1. grippier
  2. grippies
  3. grippiest
  4. grippiness
  5. gripping
  6. gripping beast
  7. gripping beasts
  8. gripping grain
  9. gripping off
  10. grippingly
  11. grippingness

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