grip
noun
- badminton equipment
- tennis technique, way of holding the racquet in order to hit shots during a match
- a way of holding with hands
- a handle or other place to grip
- property of racing car
verb
- hold a tennis racquet in a specific way in order to hit shots during a match
- To take hold of; grasp
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪp/ / [ˈɡɹʷɪp]
noun
Etymology: 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.
- A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
- A channel cut through a grass verge, especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway.
verb
Etymology: 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.
- To trench; to drain.