gripping

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡɹɪpɪŋ/

Adjective

gripping

1. Which catches someone's attention; exciting

   a gripping action film

   Synonyms: interesting, absorbing, fascinating

Verb

1. present participle of grip#English|grip

Noun

gripping (plural grippings)

1. Obsolete form of griping#English|griping. (pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines)
   • 1727, Alexander Hamilton, A new account of the East Indies

     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 […]

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