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Definition: Gripping |
GrippingAdjective1. Capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gripping" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | The adhesion, or the measure of the effectiveness of the grip between the concrete and the steel, is best defined as the stress at which a very small slip occurs. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: GrippingSynonyms: absorbing (adj), engrossing (adj), fascinating (adj), riveting (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Gripping |
| English words defined with "gripping": bite ♦ chomp ♦ grasping ♦ pair of pliers, passeriform bird, passerine, Pipe wrench, pliers, plyers, prehension ♦ seizing, squeeze, squeezing ♦ taking hold, tube wrench. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "gripping": ball-type tap wrench ♦ CHECKERING-MACHINE ADJUSTER, checkering-machine operator, chuck jaw, cylinder wrench ♦ DRAW-BENCH OPERATOR, dual hand ♦ gouging shot, GRIP ASSEMBLER, grip checkerer, machine, griping device ♦ Hand Strength, horizontal forging machine ♦ inflatable gripper ♦ juggling eggs ♦ multi-way tap holder ♦ nut wrench ♦ on the gripping hand ♦ PRONGS ♦ ragged rolls ♦ SLITTING-MACHINE OPERATOR II, spider and slips, Stillson, STOCK CHECKERER II ♦ three-fingered gripper, two-piece threading die ♦ upsetting machine upsetter ♦ wedge core lifter. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | My, what a gripping life you do lead (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding) | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | It is with him I must struggle all through this night till day come, till he or I lie dead, gripping him by the sinewy throat till |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Falling and tripping are usually the first noticeable symptoms of IBM. For some patients the disorder begins with weakness in the hands causing difficulty with gripping, pinching, and buttoning. (references) | |
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| "Gripping" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 79.84% of the time. "Gripping" is used about 372 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 79.84% | 297 | 16,856 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 19.35% | 72 | 39,377 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.81% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 372 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "gripping": gripping jaw ♦ gripping play ♦ on the gripping hand ♦ stop gripping. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "gripping": re-gripping, throat-gripping. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gripping beast | 17 |
club golf gripping | 14 |
gripping | 13 |
gripping beast miniature | 7 |
gripping equipment | 5 |
club golf gripping re | 4 |
aid gripping | 2 |
gripping tool | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gripping"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 夹住. (various references) | |
Czech | poutavý (absorbing, arresting, attractive, catchy, exciting, griping, intriguing, thrilling, winning), napínavý (exciting, thrilling). (various references) | |
Danish | adhæsion (adherence, adhesion, bond, grip, purchase). (various references) | |
Dutch | kleefkracht (adhesion), adhesie (adhesion), aanhechting (attachment). (various references) | |
Finnish | mukaansatempaava (captivating, compelling), mukaan (captivating, compelling). (various references) | |
French | passionnant, attirant, agrippant, adhérence (grip). (various references) | |
German | packend (clutching, enthralling, grappling, grasping, packing, thrilling), fesselnd (absorbing, arresting, captivating, enchaining, engrossing, engrossingly, fascinating, fascinatingly, fettering, shackling, spell binding, thrilling, trammeling), zupackend (grasping, hard-hitting, straightforward, vigorous), spannend (dramatic, engrossing, enthralling, exciting, fascinating, interesting, stretching, suspense-packed, thrilling). (various references) | |
Greek | συναρπαστικός (exciting, exhilarating, thrilling), πρόσφυση (accretion). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מרתק (absorbing, binding, connecting, enthralling, exciting, mooring berth, spectacular, thrilling). (various references) | |
Hungarian | izgalmas (exciting, hairy-assed, stirring, thrilling, to hit the high lights, to hit the high spots), szorító (clamp, collar, dog, nipping, prise ring, prize ring, ropes, stressful), megkapó (awe-inspiring, impressive, picturesque). (various references) | |
Indonesian | mencengkram (grasp, ingrown). (various references) | |
Italian | aderenza (adherence). (various references) | |
Korean | 꽉 (Griping). (various references) | |
Manx | greimmey (adhere, adherence, adherence of person, adhesion, attach, bite, bite off, catch, clutch, fishing tackle, grab, grasp, grip, hold, jam, lock in, monopolization, nab, pin on, seize, seizing, snap, snatch, snatch away, snatching, stick, stitch, stitch up, tooth), greimmagh (clutching, grasping, snappy, sticky). (various references) | |
Norwegian | fengslende (compelling). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ippinggray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | preensão de segunda geração (second generation gripping), preensão de primeira geração (first generation gripping), ferramenta em forma de pente (chaser, clamping jaw, gripping jaw, holding jaw, jaw, work holding jaw). (various references) | |
Romanian | emoţionant (exciting, moving, palpitating, pathetic, pathetically, thrilling, touching), captivant (absorbing, captivating, charming, engaging, engrossing, exciting, fascinating, thrilling). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | gripozan. (various references) | |
Spanish | rozamiento (friction, graze), fricción (friction, rubbing), fascinante (bewitching, engrossing, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating, glamorous, spellbinding), cautivante, adherencia (adherence, adhesion, bite). (various references) | |
Swedish | gripande (capture, enthraling, enthralling, grasping, haunting, moving, pathetic, seizure, touching), väggrepp (adhesion). (various references) | |
Turkish | tutma (catch, containment, grasp, hold, holding, inhibition, interception, prehension, redemption, repression, restraint, retention, seizure, suppression, tackle, take, vogue), sıkma (clasp, constriction, extrusion, harassment, pressing, squeeze, squeezing, wring), kavrama (apperception, apprehension, bite, chuck, cinch, clasp, claw, clutch, cognation, cognizance, comprehension, conception, digestion, engaging, fathom, grasp, grip, insight, penetration, perception, prehension, seizing, understanding, uptake), ilginç (absorbing, amazing, curious, engrossing, exciting, far out, fastmoving, interesting, juicy, kooky, picturesque, quaint, quirky, taking), heyecanlı (agitated, aglow, agog, astir, crazed, declamatory, dramatic, emotional, excitable, excited, exciting, febrile, feverish, glowing, gone, happy, heated, hectic, het up, hot, impassioned, in a lather, inspired, nail biting, rhapsodic, rhapsodical, spirited, stormy, thrilling, tiptoe, vibrant, warm, wrought up, zealous). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | скупий (chary, cheeseparing, churlish, clam, close-fisted, covetous, grudging, hard-fisted, illiberal, mean-spirited, mingy, miserly, narrow, near, nigh, parsimonious, penny-pinching, saving, scant, screwy, scrimpy, skimpy, snippy, split-farthing, stingy, tight-fisted). (various references) | |
Welsh | gafaelgar (tenacious). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 25, Verse 26 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai meta touto exhlqen o adelfoV autou kai h ceir autou epeilhmmenh thV pternhV hsau kai ekalesen to onoma autou iakwb isaak de hn etwn exhkonta ote eteken autouV rebekka |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sexagenarius erat Isaac quando nati sunt parvuli |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Anoon aftir the tother goynge out, helde with his hoond the forther parti of his brother foot; and therfor she clepide him Jacob. Sixti yere was Ysaac whanne the children weren born. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And after ward his brother came out and his hande holdynge Esau by the hele. Wher fore his name was called Iacob. And Isaac was .lx. yere olde whe she bare the: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And after that his brother was born, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 25, Verse 26 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa ulahi migula ang iyang igsoon nga lalake, nga mikupot ang iyang kamot sa tikod ni Esau; ug gihinganlan ang iyang ngalan si Jacob. Ug si Isaac may panuigon nga kan-uman ka tuig sa iyang pag-anak kanila. |
| Croatian | Potom se pojavi njegov brat. Rukom se držao Ezavu za petu. Zato mu nadjenuše ime Jakov. Izaku je bilo šezdeset godina kad su oni roðeni. |
| Danish | Derefter kom hans Broder frem med Hånden om Esaus Hæl; derfor kaldte de ham Jakob. Isak var tresindstyve År gammel, da de fødtes. |
| Dutch | En daarna kwam zijn broeder uit, wiens hand Ezau's verzenen hield; daarom noemde men zijn naam Jakob. En Izak was zestig jaren oud, als hij hen gewon. |
| Finnish | Senjälkeen tuli ulos hänen veljensä, ja hän piti kädellään Eesaun kantapäästä. Ja hänelle pantiin nimeksi Jaakob. Iisak oli kuudenkymmenen vuoden vanha heidän syntyessänsä. |
| French | Ensuite sortit son frère, dont la main tenait le talon d`Ésaü; et on lui donna le nom de Jacob. Isaac était âgé de soixante ans, lorsqu`ils naquirent. |
| German | Darnach kam heraus sein Bruder, der hielt mit seiner Hand die Ferse des Esau; und sie hießen ihn Jakob. Sechzig Jahre alt war Isaak, da sie geboren wurden. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Waktu anak yang kedua dilahirkan, tangannya memegang tumit Esau. Sebab itu ia dinamakan Yakub. Ishak berumur enam puluh tahun pada waktu mereka lahir. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Kemudian keluarlah saudaranya laki-laki, maka tangannya adalah memegang tumit Esaf itu; sebab itu dinamai oranglah akan dia Yakub. Maka umur Ishak itu enam puluh tahun tatkala kanak-kanak itu jadi. |
| Maori | A muri iho ka puta mai tona teina, me te pupuri ano tona ringa i te rekereke o Ehau; a huaina iho tona ingoa ko Hakopa; a e ono tekau nga tau o Ihaka i to raua whanautanga. |
| Norwegian | Derefter kom hans bror frem, og hans hånd holdt i Esaus hæl, og ham kalte de Jakob*. Isak var seksti år gammel da de blev født. # <* d.e. han holder i hælen.> |
| Rumanian | Apoi a iewit fratele squ, care yinea cu mkna de cqlcki pe Esau; wi deaceea i-au pus numele Iacov. Isaac era kn vkrstq de wasezeci de ani, cknd s`au nqscut ei. |
| Swedish | Därefter kom hans broder fram, och denne höll med sin hand i Esaus häl; och han fick namnet Jakob*. Men Isak var sextio år gammal, när de föddes. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gripping": grippingly. (additional references) | |
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"Gripping" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Agripino, grappin, gropping. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "gripping" (pronounced gri"ping) |
| 5 | -r i" p i ng | dripping, outstripping, ripping, stripping, tripping. |
| 4 | -i" p i ng | Chipping, clipping, dipping, equipping, flipping, nipping, shipping, sipping, skipping, slipping, tipping, whipping, zipping. |
| 3 | -p i ng | antidumping, aping, backslapping, beeping, bleeping, bookkeeping, bumping, burping, camping, capping, carping, chirping, chomping, chopping, clamping, clapping, clumping, coping, copping, cramping, creeping, crimping, cropping, damping, developing, draping, drooping, dropping, dumping, eavesdropping, enveloping, escaping, flapping, flopping, galloping, gaping, gasping, gossiping, grasping, griping, groping, grouping, gulping, handicapping, harping, heaping, helping, hoping, hopping, housekeeping, hyping, jumping, keeping, kidnaping, kidnapping, lamping, landscaping, lapping, leaping, limping, lopping, lumping, mapping, moping, mopping, napping, overlapping, overstepping, peacekeeping, peeping, pimping, piping, popping, prepping, propping, pulping, pumping, ramping, raping, rapping, reaping, recapping, recouping, regrouping, reshaping, revamping, romping, roping, safekeeping, sapping, scalping, scooping, scoping, scraping, scrapping, scrimping, seeping, shaping, shopping, sidestepping, skimping, slapping, sleeping, sloping, slumping, snapping, sniping, snooping, sopping, stamping, stepping, stereotyping, stomping, stooping, stopping, strapping, stumping, swamping, swapping, sweeping, swiping, swooping, tamping, taping, tapping, thumping, topping, tramping, trapping, trooping, typing, unwrapping, upping, usurping, videotaping, walloping, Wapping, warping, weeping, whooping, whopping, wiping, Wiretapping, worshipping, wrapping, zapping. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-g-i-i-n-p-p-r" | |
-1 letter: gipping, griping, ripping. | |
-2 letters: piggin, piping, riping. | |
-3 letters: iring, piing. | |
-4 letters: girn, grig, grin, grip, ping, pirn, prig, ring. | |
-5 letters: gig, gin, gip, nip, pig, pin, pip, rig, rin, rip. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-g-i-i-n-p-p-r" | |
+2 letters: grippingly. | |
+3 letters: upspringing. | |
+4 letters: giftwrapping. | |
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