Grip, n. 1.
Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction
cable.
2. A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel.
[Colloq.]
3. (Med.) The influenza;
grippe.
Grip, v. t. [From Grip a grasp;
or P. gripper to seize; -- of German origin. See Gripe,
v. t.] To give a grip to; to grasp; to
gripe.
Grip (?), n. [L. gryps,
gryphus. See Griffin, Grype.]
(Zoöl.) The griffin. [Obs.]
Grip, n. [Cf. AS. grip furrow,
hitch, D. greb.] A small ditch or furrow.
Ray.
Grip, n. [AS. gripe. Cf.
Grip, v. t., Gripe, v.
t.] 1. An energetic or tenacious
grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
2. A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by
which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one
another; as, a masonic grip.
3. That by which anything is grasped; a
handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.
4. A device for grasping or holding fast to
something.
Grip, v. t. To trench; to
drain.