Definitions for gripping

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IPA: /ˈgrɪp ɪŋ/

Gripping is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in gripping (ggiinppr).

Definitions for gripping

adjective

1. holding the attention or interest intensely; fascinating; enthralling:

noun

1. the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
2. the power of gripping:
3. a grasp, hold, or control.
4. mental or intellectual hold:
5. competence or firmness in dealing with situations in one's work or personal affairs:
6. a special mode of clasping hands:
7. something that seizes and holds, as a clutching device on a cable car.
8. a handle or hilt:
9. a sudden, sharp pain; spasm of pain.
10. grippe.
11. Older Use. a small traveling bag.
12. Theater. a stagehand, especially one who works on the stage floor. Movies, Television. a general assistant available on a film set for shifting scenery, moving furniture, etc.

verb (used with object)

1. to grasp or seize firmly; hold fast:
2. to take hold on; hold the interest of:
3. to attach by a grip or clutch.

verb (used without object)

1. to take firm hold; hold fast.
2. to take hold on the mind.

Idioms

1. come to grips with, to encounter; meet; cope with: to deal with directly or firmly:

Origin of gripping

First recorded in 1620-30; grip + -ing²

Examples for gripping

I hadn't returned it, after all; had been gripping it all the time, unknowing.

The youths, gripping tightly their rifles and muskets, waited.

His powerful hands were gripping his Winchester, and he stood ready.

The second pitfall is that Tendulkar has given the reader little of what should be a gripping, meaningful story of his life.

Each book has gripping scenes on the fear that permeated Argentina in those years.

And the string of episodes that aired before that were gripping, noble, and simply entertaining to watch.

Yet his narrative is gripping, perceptive, and moving at times, even if his conclusions are highly debatable.

All these folks were full of gripping stories about their time with Pryor, since he created much drama offstage as well as on.

Peaceful Hart stood indecisively, and stared, one and gripping the back of his chair.

He rose and bent over me gripping my arms, and I felt his violent trembling.