grips

Noun

grip (countable and uncountable, plural grips)

1. A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
   • It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.
2. (uncountable) Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface.
   • These tyres are worn out and don't have much grip.
3. A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
   • Near-synonym: handgrip

   Synonyms:

   handgrip

4. A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something.
   • The unthreaded portion of the bolt's shank is called the grip.
   1. An apparatus attached to a car (e.g., cable car, funicular car, mine car) for clutching a traction cable.
5. (figuratively) Control, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
   • We need to get a grip on these spiralling costs.

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