gripper
English
/ˈɡɹɪp.ə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- A person or thing that grips something.
- A cover on the handle of a bicycle, tool, etc, that makes it easier to grip.
- (curling) A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice.
- (rail transport) A ticket collector.
- (computing) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
Etymology
Affix from English grip.
Origin
English
grip
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begrip English
- floorgrip English
- foregrip English
- grip English
- gripless English
- gripman English
- grippable English
- grippest English
- grippeth English
- grippie English
- gripple English
- grippy English
- gripsack English
- gript English
- hairgrip English
- handgrip English
- microgripper English
- nanogripper English
- overgrip English
- regrip English
- twistgrip English
- umbegrip English
- undergrip English
- grip Dutch, Flemish
- grippen Middle English