Synonym: clasp, clench, clutch, command, comprehension, control, domination, grasp, handbag, hold, possession, seize, suitcase, understanding, valise. Antonym: Loosen, free, release. Similar words: grin, rip, strip, script, agriculture, agricultural, description, prescription. Meaning: [grɪp] 
n. 1. the act of grasping 2. the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it 3. a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes 4. the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) 5. worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made 6. a firm controlling influence 7. a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place. v. 1. hold fast or firmly 2. to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match 3. to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe.
n. 1. the act of grasping 2. the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it 3. a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes 4. the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) 5. worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made 6. a firm controlling influence 7. a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place. v. 1. hold fast or firmly 2. to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match 3. to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe. 
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241 In any case, Baby Suggs' fingers had a grip on her that would not let her breathe.
242 To play this shot, you need to change your grip on the racquet slightly.
243 The country was in the grip of economic depression, and in June 1921 there were more than two million out of work.
244 Now an Arsenal team in peak health would have kept a grip on the match.
245 Whilst cutting her garden hedge with a chainsaw one recent summer, a woman slipped and lost her grip.
246 But I must keep a grip on my priorities here.
247 I was impressed by the good adhesion and grip of the Vibram soles, performing well even in wet and slippery conditions.
248 Meanwhile, she got a grip on it with her mind, and concentrated.
249 She gave me a gooey smile and then eased her grip.
250 And get a grip on that trumpet player,[sentencedict.com] before the more lascivious elements of the crowd jump in.
251 Each brush has a heat-resistant handle with a rubber-neck grip for firm hold while you style.
252 Why was he shaking and breathless on the corner of some disgusting back street? Get a grip on yourself, Benjamin!
253 Derek Jensen, best boy grip -- second unit; and Ronald Beale, chiropractor.
254 Some people were so bold as to suggest that he had now lost his grip and was writing pretty fair garbage.
255 He had twisted in that grip, tried to bring the gun round to bear on that monstrous maw.
256 For this shot you should position the ball further back in your stance and compensate by fractionally strengthening the left-hand grip.
257 The woman jabbed her cigarette into the man's face and he loosened his grip.
258 He thus did not have the firm grip on domestic politics that could allow him to weather the coming storm.
259 I remembered my first time, my trembling hand and Big Frank Connell hissing Get a grip.
260 They decide to go, too, but Frank has problems manoeuvring the car, whose tyres keep losing their grip.
261 When people do read longer works,(http://sentencedict.com/grip.html) they primarily favor high-drama novels that get a steel grip on their attention.
262 However, Dorset took a firm grip declaring at 202-3 in 54.3 overs.
263 It has tremendous grip, failsafe handling and a ride of exceptional quality.
264 Ever since, she has always felt that she has a tenuous grip upon life.
265 If Perelman succeeded, Gutfreund, for the first time, would lose his grip on the firm.
266 Fear often played tricks with my perception and now it seemed as if I was losing my grip of reality.
267 They're not the biggest fruit grower in the world, but they do have a good grip on the market.
268 The government found it expedient to slacken the grip of censorship in order to encourage loyal expressions of support for the Emancipation programme.
269 He reversed his grip on the blade and drove it through the daemon's chest.
270 When she spoke of Zbigniew Shapira it was as if she was in the grip of a mania.