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Webster 1913 Edition
Gripper
Grip′per
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, grips or seizes.
2.
pl.
In printing presses, the fingers or nippers.
Definition 2024
gripper
gripper
English
Noun
gripper (plural grippers)
- a person or thing that grips something
- a cover on the handle of a bicycle, tool, etc, that makes it easier to grip.
- (curling) A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice
- (rail transport, slang) a ticket collector
- (computing, graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
Derived terms
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”).
Verb
gripper
Conjugation
Conjugation of gripper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | gripper | avoir grippé | |||||
| gerund | en grippant | en ayant grippé | |||||
| present participle | grippant /ɡʁi.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | grippé /ɡʁi.pe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | grippe /ɡʁip/ |
grippes /ɡʁip/ |
grippe /ɡʁip/ |
grippons /ɡʁi.pɔ̃/ |
grippez /ɡʁi.pe/ |
grippent /ɡʁip/ |
| imperfect | grippais /ɡʁi.pɛ/ |
grippais /ɡʁi.pɛ/ |
grippait /ɡʁi.pɛ/ |
grippions /ɡʁi.pjɔ̃/ |
grippiez /ɡʁi.pje/ |
grippaient /ɡʁi.pɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | grippai /ɡʁi.pe/ |
grippas /ɡʁi.pa/ |
grippa /ɡʁi.pa/ |
grippâmes /ɡʁi.pam/ |
grippâtes /ɡʁi.pat/ |
grippèrent /ɡʁi.pɛʁ/ |
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| future | gripperai /ɡʁi.pʁe/ |
gripperas /ɡʁi.pʁa/ |
grippera /ɡʁi.pʁa/ |
gripperons /ɡʁi.pʁɔ̃/ |
gripperez /ɡʁi.pʁe/ |
gripperont /ɡʁi.pʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | gripperais /ɡʁi.pʁɛ/ |
gripperais /ɡʁi.pʁɛ/ |
gripperait /ɡʁi.pʁɛ/ |
gripperions /ɡʁi.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gripperiez /ɡʁi.pə.ʁje/ |
gripperaient /ɡʁi.pʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | grippe /ɡʁip/ |
grippes /ɡʁip/ |
grippe /ɡʁip/ |
grippions /ɡʁi.pjɔ̃/ |
grippiez /ɡʁi.pje/ |
grippent /ɡʁip/ |
| imperfect1 |
grippasse /ɡʁi.pas/ |
grippasses /ɡʁi.pas/ |
grippât /ɡʁi.pa/ |
grippassions /ɡʁi.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
grippassiez /ɡʁi.pa.sje/ |
grippassent /ɡʁi.pas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | grippe /ɡʁip/ |
— | grippons /ɡʁi.pɔ̃/ |
grippez /ɡʁi.pe/ |
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