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Definition of Gripping
1. Adjective. Capable of arousing and holding the attention. "A fascinating story"
Definition of Gripping
1. Adjective. Catching the attention; exciting; interesting; absorbing; fascinating. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of grip) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gripping
1. grip [v] - See also: grip
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gripping
Literary usage of Gripping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General View of the Agriculture of the North Riding of Yorkshire by John Tuke (1800)
"A great objection, however, exists to the use of the gripping plough or ...
Land that lies flat, does not often want much gripping, but land that by nature ..."
2. Johnson's Materials of Construction by John Butler Johnson, Morton Owen Withey (1919)
"gripping DEVICES FOR TENSION TESTS 68. Wedges or Grips.—By far the most frequently
used device for holding tensile specimens in the jaws of the testing ..."
3. The International Journal of Orthodontia and Oral Surgery (1921)
"... the band material will be forced against the stop lug 5 and finally gripped
tightly by the gripping lug, indenting the band material into the recess 7. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... press against A and to sustain the weight by gripping the piece В (fig.
13) of the weight In t hi» position the keeper HU at a short distance from the ..."
5. Modern Mechanism: Exhibiting the Latest Progress in Machines, Motors, and by D. Appleton and Company (1892)
"The "strike''of flax is secured between a pair of India-rubber gripping-rollers
С С1, which bring it into contact with a pair of rapidly revolving beaters ..."
6. The Elements of Mining and Quarrying by Clement Le Neve Foster (1903)
"gripping Appliance for with- ance. which seizes it firmly drawing a Boring Bar.
when pressure is applied by ings for iron ore in Minnesota,* holes 1^ in. in ..."
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