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ungripping

ungripping is the present participle and gerund of ungrip.

Meaning of ungrip

Verb

ungrip (third-person singular simple present ungrips, present participle ungripping, simple past and past participle ungripped)

  1. (transitive) To release one's grip on; to let go.
    • It can open or close its gripper to grip or ungrip a block.1988, Robotics: Proceedings of National Workshop, April 1987, page 180

Adjective

ungripping (comparative more ungripping, superlative most ungripping)

  1. Not gripping; dull; uninteresting.
    • an ungripping film

Forms of ungripping

comparativemore ungripping
superlativemost ungripping

Questions about ungripping

What does ungripping mean?
Ungripping means not gripping; dull; uninteresting.
What is ungripping the present participle and gerund of?
Ungripping is the present participle and gerund of ungrip.
What part of speech is ungripping?
Ungripping is an adjective.

Words near ungripping in the dictionary

  1. ungriped
  2. ungripes
  3. ungriping
  4. ungrippable
  5. ungripped
  6. ungripping
  7. ungrips
  8. ungrisly
  9. ungritted
  10. ungritty
  11. ungrizzled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ungripping (page history and authors); ungrip (page history and authors). 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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