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Uncommongrips
The correct spelling is grips.
How to pronounce grips
verb
IPA: /ɡɹɪps/
Say it like: Gri-ps
The correct spelling is grips. To take hold of, particularly with the hand. For example: "After a few slips, the tires gripped the pavement."
Usage Examples
“After a few slips, the tires gripped the pavement.”
“He grips me.”
“Let’s grip (get a coffee, hang, take a break, see a movie, etc.)”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
- 2.To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.
- 3.To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.
- 4.To trench; to drain.
noun
- 1.A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
- 2.A handle or other place to grip.
- 3.A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
- 4.(film production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
- 5.A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
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