Gripping
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡɹɪpɪŋ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Gripping is an adjective meaning Which catches someone's attention; exciting.
Meaning
Which catches someone's attention; exciting.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of grip
- The act of forming a grip.
- Obsolete form of griping (“pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines”).
Example Sentences
a gripping action film
His resentful comments on this conviction were greeted only by great tears falling in silence, and almost convulsive grippings of his hand.
The same Night it began to operate by Grippings and Sweating, and he being bred a Surgeon, took some Medicines to correct the Grippings, which in some Measure the Medicine did, but he lost his Appetite […]
Word Forms
- grippings
Synonyms for gripping
Depending on context, synonyms include interesting, absorbing, fascinating, riveting, engrossing.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include absorbing, engrossing, riveting, fascinating, interesting, storming.
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