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Definition of Gripper
1. n. One who, or that which, grips or seizes.
Definition of Gripper
1. Noun. a person or thing that grips something ¹
2. Noun. a cover on the handle of a bicycle, tool, etc, that makes it easier to grip. ¹
3. Noun. (curling) A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice ¹
4. Noun. (rail transport slang) a ticket collector ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gripper
1. one that grips [n -S] - See also: grips
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gripper
Literary usage of Gripper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases in Bankruptcy: Argued and Determined in the Court of Review by Edward Erastus Deacon, Edward Chitty (1835)
"The bankrupt and J. gripper alone. T. gripper had nothing whatever to do with this
... gripper has sworn, that it was understood that the amount of the ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The paper is kept fast on the dram by the gripper rolls F, F, arranged so as to
rise and fall Calenders.—If it is desired to give the paper a higher glosa ..."
3. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1898)
"... damages for taking and detaining the growing crops. Judgment accordingly.
ALLAN AND ANOTHER v. gripper, AND ANOTHER (1). (2 Crompton & Jervis, 218—222; ..."
4. Printing: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Typography as Applied More by Charles Thomas Jacobi (1908)
"... Drop-bar, and gripper Varieties—Set-off—Making-ready—Speeds of Perfecting
Machines. PERFECTING machines, with two cylinders, are those which print both ..."
5. The Journal of Analytical and Applied Chemistry edited by Edward Hart (1892)
"BY HAROLD gripper, FCS The great majority of the oils now used for machine-lubricating
are mixtures of hydrocarbon and saponifiable oils. ..."
6. A Modern Minister by Valentine Durrant (1878)
"But only yourself and Mr. gripper have had access to this ledger, which, ...
"I will not say it is Mr.gripper—I am more discriminate than yourselves in my ..."
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