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grip | nip |

As a verb grip

is to take hold of, particularly with the hand.

As a noun grip

is a hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand or grip can be (dialectal) a small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain or grip can be (obsolete) the griffin.

As an initialism nip is

(us) national immunization program.

grip

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) grippan, from a (etyl) , whence English gripe. See also (l).

Verb

(gripp)
  • To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}
  • To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
    • By and by fumes of brandy began to fill the air, and climb to where I lay, overcoming the mouldy smell of decayed wood and the dampness of the green walls. It may have been that these fumes mounted to my head, and gave me courage not my own, but so it was that I lost something of the stifling fear that had gripped me, and could listen with more ease to what was going forward
  • To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.
  • To trench; to drain.

    • Etymology 2

    An amalgam of (etyl) (cognate with Swedish ''grepp ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
  • A handle or other place to grip.
  • A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
  • (film production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
  • A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
  • A lot of something.
  • : Influenza, flu.
  • (archaic) A small travelling-bag.
  • Assistance; help or encouragement.
  • A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.
  • (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
  • (figurative) A tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The attack of the MOOCs , passage=Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip . Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.}}
  • A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
    • Related terms
    * come to grips * get to grips with * key grip * get a grip * gripper

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) grip, grippe, .

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
    • (Ray)
    Derived terms
    *

    Etymology 4

    (etyl) (lena) grypus, gryphus.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The griffin.

    • Anagrams

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    nip

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
    • I’ll just take a nip of that cake.
    He had a nip of whiskey.
    Synonyms
    * nibble (of food) * See also

    Etymology 2

    Diminutive of nipple .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (vulgar) A nipple, usually of a woman.

    • Etymology 3

    Probably from a form of (etyl) nipen. Cognate with (etyl) ; (etyl) knebti.

    Verb

    (nipp)
  • To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
  • *
  • To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
  • * '>citation
  • To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
  • To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A playful bite.
    • The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip .
  • A pinch with the nails or teeth.
  • Briskly cold weather.
    • There is a nip''' in the air. It is '''nippy outside.
  • * 1915 , :
    • The day had only just broken, and there was a nip in the air; but the sky was cloudless, and the sun was shining yellow.
  • A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
  • A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
  • A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
  • A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
  • (nautical) A short turn in a rope. Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest. [Low, U.S.]
  • The place of intersection where one roll touches another in papermaking.
  • A pickpocket.
  • *
    • Derived terms
    * nip and tuck * nip in the bud

    Etymology 4

    Verb

    (nipp)
  • To make a quick, short journey or errand; usually roundtrip.
    • Why don’t you nip down to the grocer’s for some milk?

    Anagrams

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