Definitions For Grip

noun

  • The act of grasping
  • A portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
  • A flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place
  • The appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
  • An intellectual hold or understanding
  • Worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made
  • The friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
  • The act of grabbing or holding something
  • A way or style of holding something
  • Power or control

verb

  • Hold fast or firmly
  • To grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
  • To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
  • To grab or hold (something) tightly
  • To get and hold the interest or attention of (someone)

Is Grip a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
9

The word Grip is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Grip in a Sentence

  • The little boy gripped his mother's hand tightly.
  • I gripped the door handle and pulled as hard as I could.
  • The story really grips the reader.
  • His tennis instructor showed him the proper backhand grip.
  • A golfer with an incorrect grip
  • He has been doing all he can to maintain his grip on the company's finances.

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