gripper
Use Gripper in a sentence
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act or an instance of grasping and holding firmly: he lost his grip on the slope |
| 2. | Also called: handgrip the strength or pressure of such a grasp, as in a handshake: a feeble grip |
| 3. | the style or manner of grasping an object, such as a tennis racket |
| 4. | understanding, control, or mastery of a subject, problem, etc (esp in such phrases as getorhave a grip on) |
| 5. | Also called: handgrip a part by which an object is grasped; handle |
| 6. | Also called: handgrip a travelling bag or holdall |
| 7. | See hairgrip |
| 8. | any device that holds by friction, such as certain types of brake |
| 9. | a method of clasping or shaking hands used by members of secret societies to greet or identify one another |
| 10. | a spasm of pain: a grip in one's stomach |
| 11. | a worker in a camera crew or a stagehand who shifts sets and props, etc |
| 12. | a small drainage channel cut above an excavation to conduct surface water away from the excavation |
| 13. | ( |
| a. to deal with (a problem or subject) | |
| b. to tackle (an assailant) | |
| —vb , grips, gripping, gripped | |
| 14. | to take hold of firmly or tightly, as by a clutch |
| 15. | to hold the interest or attention of: to grip an audience |
| [Old English gripe grasp; related to Old Norse gripr property, Old High German grif] | |
| 'gripper1 | |
| —n | |
| 'grippingly1 | |
| —adv | |
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Gripper
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example sentences
They developed software to control each gripper by linking its joints.
Two or more such muscles can be configured as a gripper to pick up objects.
The ribbon gripper jaws were modified to add electrical contacts that sense the presence of ribbon.
Troops can hook on a pint-sized gripper arm, with a rotating shoulder.
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