Grip

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Grip may refer to:

• grip (job), job in the film industry
• key grip, the chief grip on a film set
• grip (handle) at Handle (grip), part of, or attachment to, an object that can be moved or used by hand
• grip (sport fencing), hilt of a sword
• grip (tennis), how a tennis racquet is held
• grip (cricket bowling), how a cricket ball is held by a bowler
• grip (gymnastics), a leather hand protector used on the bars in gymnastics
• grip strength, hand strength
• Grip (rapper), a female rapper
• Grip audio ripper, an audio ripping program within the Linux GNOME project
• Grip, Norway, an archipelago, a former municipality and a deserted fishing village in Norway
• GRIP, Greenland ice core project
• GRIP, Gross Revenue Insurance Program, a farm support program introduced by the Government of Saskatchewan
• Grip av Vinäs, two Swedish noble families in Middle Ages and early modern centuries, having Griphuvud in their escutcheon]: the latter descended from the last female member of the first. Sweden's Lord High Justiciar Bo Jonsson was the most prominent member of the first of these families.
• Grip (auto), a Swedish automobile manufacturer also known as Grantorpets karosserifabrik
• GRIP (highway), Governor's Road Improvement Program in Georgia, USA. Certain non-Interstate highway corridors are upgraded to 4-lanes (mostly divided). Georgia Code 32-4-22 defines which highways, or portions thereof, are part of the GRIP program.
• GRIP (Group Intervention Panel) Multi agency project in Lancashire, UK targeting children who may be at risk of offending
• grip, frictional hold
• grip, a small travelling bag (obsolete)
• grip, "many" or "a lot" (slang, S. California). Eg. There is a grip of people.