gripper

English

Etymology

grip +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪp.ə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪpɚ/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ)

Noun

gripper (plural grippers)

  1. A person or thing that 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 the handle of a bicycle, tool, etc, 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) A foot.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁi.pe/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

gripper

  1. to grab, to grasp

Conjugation
Conjugation of gripper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gripper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple grippant
/ɡʁi.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle grippé
/ɡʁi.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present grippe
/ɡʁip/		 grippes
/ɡʁip/		 grippe
/ɡʁip/		 grippons
/ɡʁi.pɔ̃/		 grippez
/ɡʁi.pe/		 grippent
/ɡʁip/
imperfect grippais
/ɡʁi.pɛ/		 grippais
/ɡʁi.pɛ/		 grippait
/ɡʁi.pɛ/		 grippions
/ɡʁi.pjɔ̃/		 grippiez
/ɡʁi.pje/		 grippaient
/ɡʁi.pɛ/
past historic2 grippai
/ɡʁi.pe/		 grippas
/ɡʁi.pa/		 grippa
/ɡʁi.pa/		 grippâmes
/ɡʁi.pam/		 grippâtes
/ɡʁi.pat/		 grippèrent
/ɡʁi.pɛʁ/
future gripperai
/ɡʁi.pʁe/		 gripperas
/ɡʁi.pʁa/		 grippera
/ɡʁi.pʁa/		 gripperons
/ɡʁi.pʁɔ̃/		 gripperez
/ɡʁi.pʁe/		 gripperont
/ɡʁi.pʁɔ̃/
conditional gripperais
/ɡʁi.pʁɛ/		 gripperais
/ɡʁi.pʁɛ/		 gripperait
/ɡʁi.pʁɛ/		 gripperions
/ɡʁi.pə.ʁjɔ̃/		 gripperiez
/ɡʁi.pə.ʁje/		 gripperaient
/ɡʁi.pʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present grippe
/ɡʁip/		 grippes
/ɡʁip/		 grippe
/ɡʁip/		 grippions
/ɡʁi.pjɔ̃/		 grippiez
/ɡʁi.pje/		 grippent
/ɡʁip/
imperfect2 grippasse
/ɡʁi.pas/		 grippasses
/ɡʁi.pas/		 grippât
/ɡʁi.pa/		 grippassions
/ɡʁi.pa.sjɔ̃/		 grippassiez
/ɡʁi.pa.sje/		 grippassent
/ɡʁi.pas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — grippe
/ɡʁip/		 — grippons
/ɡʁi.pɔ̃/		 grippez
/ɡʁi.pe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Spanish: gripar

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