gripper
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gripper
- /ˈɡɹɪ.pə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈɡɹɪ.pəɹ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪpə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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English grip
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English gripper
From grip + -er.
noun grippers
- A person who or thing which grips something. In a method for guiding a thread onto an empty reel after a first reel in a continuously operating spooler has become full, utilizing a moving finger on the spooler in cooperation with a gripper rotating with the empty reel […]
- A cover on a handle that makes it easier to grip.
- A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice.
- A ticket collector.
- A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved. To move the options bar from its default location at the top of the screen to a new location, click the gripper on the option bar's left edge and drag it to its new location.
- A foot. Put those grippers away!
