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grips

The correct spelling is grips.

How to pronounce grips

verb

IPA: /ɡɹɪps/

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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. 1.To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
  2. 2.To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.
  3. 3.To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.
  4. 4.To trench; to drain.

noun

  1. 1.A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
  2. 2.A handle or other place to grip.
  3. 3.A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
  4. 4.(film production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
  5. 5.A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).

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