grips

1. To take hold of, particularly with the hand.

   After a few slips, the tires gripped the pavement.

2. To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.

   He grips me.

3. To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.

   Let’s grip (get a coffee, hang, take a break, see a movie, etc.)

4. To trench; to drain.

1. A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.

   It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.

2. A handle or other place to grip.

   There are several good grips on the northern face of this rock.

3. A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
4. (film production) A person responsible for handling equipment on the set.
5. A channel cut through a grass verge (especially for the purpose of draining water away from the highway).
6. A lot of something.

   That is a grip of cheese.

7. A long time.

   I haven't seen you in a grip.

8. A small travelling-bag or gripsack.
9. An apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.
10. Assistance; help or encouragement.

    He gave me a grip.

11. A helpful, interesting, admirable, or inspiring person.

    You're a real grip.

12. As much as one can hold in a hand; a handful.

    I need to get a grip of nails for my project.

13. A tenacious grasp; a holding fast.

    in the grip of a blackmailer

14. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.

noun

A small ditch or trench; a channel to carry off water or other liquid; a drain.

noun

The griffin.

noun

Influenza, the flu.