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      grips
      noun
      A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
      (uncountable) Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface.
      (figurative) Control, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast.
      (figurative) Mental grasp.
      A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
      A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something.
      A medium-sized bag or holdall for one's belongings, made of soft leather, canvas etc., and carried in the hand by two handles, one either side of the opening.
      (graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved by dragging with a mouse or finger.
      (film or television production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
      (figurative) Assistance; help; encouragement.
      (figurative) Someone who is helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring.
      (slang) As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.
      (chiefly Southern California slang) A lot of something.
      (chiefly Southern California slang) A long time.
      A channel cut through a grass verge, especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway.
      An apparatus attached to a car (e.g., cable car, funicular car, mine car) for clutching a traction cable.
      (by extension) Ellipsis of pistol grip. [The grip by which a pistol is held in the hand.]
      Archaic spelling of grippe (“influenza”). [(pathology, dated) Influenza, the flu.]
      (dialectal) A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.
      (archaic except rail transport) A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
      verb
      (transitive or intransitive) To take hold (of), particularly with the hand.
      (transitive) To figuratively take hold of or grasp.
      (transitive) Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
      (transitive) To firmly hold the attention of.
      (dialectal) To trench; to drain.
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