1. [n]  the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
2. [n]  a portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him"
3. [n]  a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place; "in England they call a bobby pin a grip"
4. [n]  the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had
5. [n]  a firm controlling influence; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp"
6. [n]  worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made
7. [n]  the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)
8. [v]  hold firmly
9. [v]  hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel"
10. [v]  to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"
11. [v]  to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The eye of the Ancient Mariner fascinated the wedding guest." Burton; "The serpent fascinates its prey,..by the power of his eyes." Todd & Bowman

1. \Grip\, n. [L. gryps, gryphus. See {Griffin}, {Grype}.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   The griffin. [Obs.]
   
   

2. \Grip\, n. [Cf. AS. grip furrow, hitch, D. greb.]
   A small ditch or furrow. --Ray.
   
   

3. \Grip\, v. t.
   To trench; to drain.
   
   

4. \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.
   
   

5. \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.
   
   

6. \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.
   
   

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Simon Peyton Jones's GRIP machine built at ucl, now at the university of glasgow. It has many processors (motorola 68020 or other) on futurebus with intelligent memory units.