gripper

From grip +‎ -er.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɪ.pə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɪ.pəɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: grip‧per

gripper (plural grippers)

1. A person who or thing which grips something.
   • 1998, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, page 1061:

     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 […]

2. A cover on a handle that makes it easier to grip.
3. (curling) A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice.
4. (rail transport, slang) A ticket collector.
5. (graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
   • 2004, Micah Laaker, Christopher Schmitt, Adobe Photoshop CS in 10 Simple Steps or Less, page 43:

     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.

6. (slang, usually in the plural) A foot.

   Put those grippers away!

• “gripper”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “gripper”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “grippers”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.

Inherited from Old French *gripper, from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Doublet of griffer.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁi.pe/

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gripper

1. to grab, to grasp

• grippe

• → Spanish: gripar

• “gripper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.