Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gripping

/ˈɡɹɪpɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: grip-ping
IPA: /ˈɡɹɪpɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Which catches someone's attention; exciting

verb

present participle and gerund of grip

noun

The act of forming a grip.

noun

Obsolete form of griping (“pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines”).

Obsolete

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 […]"

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more gripping (comparative) most gripping (superlative) grippings (plural)

Derived Forms

grippingly grippingness

Synonyms

interesting absorbing fascinating engrossing riveting

Rhymes With

shipping slipping flipping ripping skipping tipping tripping stripping dripping dipping whipping sipping

Questions

How do you pronounce gripping?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹɪpɪŋ/.
What does gripping mean?: Which catches someone's attention; exciting

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