Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Grip \Grip\, n.
   1. Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a
      traction cable.

   2. A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel. [Colloq.]

   3. (Med.) The influenza; grippe.

Grip \Grip\, n. [L. gryps, gryphus. See {Griffin}, {Grype}.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   The griffin. [Obs.]

Grip \Grip\, n. [Cf. AS. grip furrow, hitch, D. greb.]
   A small ditch or furrow. --Ray.

Grip \Grip\, v. t.
   To trench; to drain.

Grip \Grip\, n. [AS. gripe. Cf. {Grip}, v. t., {Gripe}, v. t.]
   1. An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength
      in grasping.

   2. A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of
      a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as,
      a masonic grip.

   3. That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as,
      the grip of a sword.

   4. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.

Grip \Grip\, v. t. [From {Grip} a grasp; or P. gripper to seize;
   -- of German origin. See {Gripe}, v. t.]
   To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.

Source : WordNet®

grip
     n 1: the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he
          has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold
          on the railing" [syn: {clasp}, {clench}, {clutch}, {clutches},
           {grasp}, {hold}]
     2: the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in
        order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the
        handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good
        grip" [syn: {handle}, {handgrip}, {hold}]
     3: a portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes;
        "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him" [syn: {bag},
         {traveling bag}, {suitcase}]
     4: the friction between a body and the surface on which it
        moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) [syn: {traction},
         {adhesive friction}]
     5: worker who moves the camera around while a film or
        television show is being made
     6: a firm controlling influence; "they kept a firm grip on the
        two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful
        emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp" [syn: {grasp}]
     7: a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together;
        used to hold bobbed hair in place; "in England they call a
        bobby pin a grip" [syn: {bobby pin}, {hairgrip}]
     [also: {gript}, {gripping}, {gripped}]

grip
     v 1: hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel"
     2: to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men
        grappled with each other for several minutes" [syn: {grapple}]
     3: to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing
        terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"
        [syn: {fascinate}, {transfix}, {spellbind}]
     [also: {gript}, {gripping}, {gripped}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

GRIP
     
        Graph Reduction In Parallel.
     
        Simon Peyton Jones's GRIP machine built at {UCL}, now at the
        {University of Glasgow}.  It has many processors ({Motorola
        68020} or other) on {Futurebus} with intelligent memory units.
     
        (1994-12-14)