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grippie

noun

Etymology

From grip + -ie.

  1. inherited from gripa
  2. inherited from gripe
  3. inherited from grippe
  4. inherited from *gripjaną✻
  5. inherited from grippan
  6. inherited from grippen
  7. suffixed as grippie — “grip + ie”

Definitions

  1. A grip

    A grip; something used to take hold, or to reduce friction.

    • Rubber grippies, partially visible on the right of the case above and below the hinge, keep it from sliding out of your hand.
    • I crocheted chenille socks and put little grippies on the bottom.
    • To tear a panel out of the main application window and create a floating panel, simply click upon the grippies (the textured area of the panel tab) next to an anchored panel's name.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for grippie. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA