deathgrip
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "In those interminable moments while he was groping for the switch with his right hand (his left arm curled around the doorjamb in a deathgrip), that cellar smell seemed to intensify until it filled the world."
- "She had on the business uniform of charcoal grey suit, white shirt, tie, conservative black pumps. Her dark hair was styled with severe simplicity. Her right hand had a deathgrip on her briefcase."
- "Delia, four years old, holds onto Maryellen's feet with a deathgrip, while her brother, Jeffrey, two years older and considerably bigger and stronger, pulls on the doll's head."