grip

1. A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand. (countable, uncountable) · It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.· The ball will move differently depending on the grip used when throwing it.
2. Ability to resist slippage when pressed in contact with another object or surface. (uncountable) · These tyres are worn out and don't have much grip.
3. A place to grip; a handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies. (countable, uncountable) · Near-synonym: handgrip· There are several good grips on the northern face of this rock.
4. A device, or a portion of one, that grasps or holds fast to something. (countable, uncountable) · The unthreaded portion of the bolt's shank is called the grip.
5. An apparatus attached to a car (e.g., cable car, funicular car, mine car) for clutching a traction cable. (countable, uncountable)
6. Control, power, or mastery over someone or something; a tenacious grasp; a holding fast. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) · We need to get a grip on these spiralling costs.· in the grip of a blackmailer
7. Mental grasp. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) · He's losing his grip – he's practically senile.
8. 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. (countable, uncountable)

Plural grips