grip

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• /ˈɡɹɪp/
  Play
• [ˈɡɹwɪp]
  Play
• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• rhymes with -ɪp
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: G R IH1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

Verb from Middle English grippen, from Old English grippan, from a Proto-Germanic *gripjaną (compare Old High German gripfen); compare the related Old English grīpan, whence English gripe. See also grope, and the related Proto-Germanic *grīpaną. Noun from Middle English grippe, gripe, an amalgam of Old English gripe (“grasp, hold”) (cognate with German Griff) and Old English gripa (“handful”) (cognate with Swedish grepp).

From Middle English grip, grippe, gryppe (“a ditch, drain”), from Old English grēp (“a furrow, burrow”) and grēpe (“a furrow, ditch, drain”), from Proto-Germanic *grōpiz (“a furrow, groove”). Cognate with Middle Dutch grippe, gruppe (“ditch, drain”), greppe, German Low German Gruppe (“ditch, drain”). Related also to Old English grōp (“a ditch, drain”). More at groop.

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: բռնում (bṙnum) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Azerbaijani: tutuş — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Bulgarian: хващане (hvaštane) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Bulgarian: улавяне (ulavjane) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Bulgarian: стискане (stiskane) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Czech: sevření — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Czech: stisk — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Czech: uchopení — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Dutch: greep — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Dutch: grip — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Dutch: begrip — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Finnish: ote — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• French: prise — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• French: poigne — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• German: Griff — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Irish: greim — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Italian: presa — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Japanese: つかむこと (tsukamu koto) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Central Kurdish: چنگ (çing) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Latvian: tvēriens — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Macedonian: фат (fat) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Macedonian: стисок (stisok) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Macedonian: зафат (zafat) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Māori: kākatitanga — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Occitan: agafada — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Occitan: agafatal — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Occitan: presa — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Occitan: ponha — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Plautdietsch: Hool — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Polish: chwyt — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Polish: uchwyt — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Polish: uścisk — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Portuguese: agarra — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Portuguese: agarro — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Portuguese: agarramento — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Russian: захва́т (zaxvát) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Russian: хва́тка (xvátka) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Russian: сжа́тие (sžátije) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Russian: схва́тывание (sxvátyvanije) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Russian: зажа́тие (zažátije) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Russian: держа́ние (deržánije) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Russian: уде́рживание (udérživanije) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Serbo-Croatian: zahvat — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Serbo-Croatian: хва̑т — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Serbo-Croatian: hvȃt — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Swedish: grepp — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Swedish: handslag — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Tamil: கைப்பிடி (kaippiṭi) — A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand
• Arabic: مَقْبِض (maqbiḍ) — A handle or other place to grip
• Armenian: բռնակ (bṙnak) — A handle or other place to grip
• Armenian: կոթ (kotʻ) — A handle or other place to grip
• Bulgarian: дръжка (drǎžka) — A handle or other place to grip
• Bulgarian: ръкохватка (rǎkohvatka) — A handle or other place to grip
• Chinese Mandarin: 柄 — A handle or other place to grip
• Czech: rukojeť — A handle or other place to grip
• Czech: držadlo — A handle or other place to grip
• Danish: greb — A handle or other place to grip
• Dutch: handvat — A handle or other place to grip
• Esperanto: tenilo — A handle or other place to grip
• Finnish: kahva — A handle or other place to grip
• Finnish: ote — A handle or other place to grip
• French: poignée — A handle or other place to grip
• German: Griff — A handle or other place to grip
• Central Kurdish: دەسک (desk) — A handle or other place to grip
• Latin: ampla — A handle or other place to grip
• Macedonian: рачка (račka) — A handle or other place to grip
• Māori: puringa — A handle or other place to grip
• Mongolian: бариул (bariul) — A handle or other place to grip
• Plautdietsch: Jräp — A handle or other place to grip
• Portuguese: agarra — A handle or other place to grip
• Russian: ру́чка (rúčka) — A handle or other place to grip
• Russian: рукоя́тка (rukojátka) — A handle or other place to grip
• Spanish: empuñadura — A handle or other place to grip
• Swedish: grepp — A handle or other place to grip
• Tamil: கைப்பிடி (kaippiṭi) — A handle or other place to grip
• French: machiniste — A person responsible for handling equipment in film
• Swedish: passare — A person responsible for handling equipment in film
• German: Hilfe — Assistance, encouragement
• German: helfende Hand — Assistance, encouragement
• Tamil: ஊக்கம் (ūkkam) — Assistance, encouragement
• Spanish: agarre — ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface
• Albanian: mbaj — to take hold
• Armenian: բռնել (bṙnel) — to take hold
• Armenian: պահել (pahel) — to take hold
• Bulgarian: хващам (hvaštam) — to take hold
• Bulgarian: улавям (ulavjam) — to take hold
• Catalan: agafar — to take hold
• Catalan: empunyar — to take hold
• Chinese Mandarin: 握 (wò) — to take hold
• Chinese Mandarin: 抓住 (zhuāzhù) — to take hold
• Chinese Mandarin: 抓 (zhuā) — to take hold
• Dutch: grijpen — to take hold
• French: saisir — to take hold
• French: agripper — to take hold
• German: festhalten — to take hold
• German: greifen — to take hold
• Gothic: 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (greipan) — to take hold
• Japanese: 掴む (tsukamu) — to take hold
• Latvian: sagrābt — to take hold
• Latvian: satvert — to take hold
• Lithuanian: sugriebti — to take hold
• Macedonian: фаќа (faḱa) — to take hold
• Macedonian: зграпчува (zgrapčuva) — to take hold
• Macedonian: стиска (stiska) — to take hold
• Māori: kākati — to take hold
• Eastern Mari: авалаш (avalaš) — to take hold
• Middle English: grippen — to take hold
• Middle English: clawen — to take hold
• Middle English: gripen — to take hold
• Norwegian Bokmål: gripe — to take hold
• Norwegian Bokmål: fatte — to take hold
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gripa — to take hold
• Occitan: agafar — to take hold
• Occitan: emponhar — to take hold
• Occitan: sasir — to take hold
• Old English: grīpan — to take hold
• Persian: گرفتن (gereftan) — to take hold
• Portuguese: agarrar — to take hold
• Portuguese: segurar — to take hold
• Russian: хвата́ть (xvatátʹ) — to take hold
• Russian: схвати́ть (sxvatítʹ) — to take hold
• Russian: сжима́ть (sžimátʹ) — to take hold
• Russian: сжать (sžatʹ) — to take hold
• Russian: сти́скивать (stískivatʹ) — to take hold
• Russian: сти́снуть (stísnutʹ) — to take hold
• Spanish: agarrar — to take hold
• Spanish: atenazar — to take hold
• Spanish: empuñar — to take hold
• Swedish: gripa — to take hold
• Tagalog: sumunggab ng mahigpit — to take hold
• Tagalog: pumisil ng mahigpit — to take hold
• Tagalog: humawak ng mahigpit — to take hold
• Tamil: பிடி (piṭi) — to take hold
• Ottoman Turkish: طوتمق (tutmak) — to take hold
• Vietnamese: nắm chặt — to take hold
• Vietnamese: giữ chặt — to take hold
• Vietnamese: nắm — to take hold
• Spanish: apoderarse de — of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon