gripping

«gripping» in Mova's school dictionary: Very exciting and holding your attention, so you cannot… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (gripping); also the -ing form of the verb «grip» (grip, grips, gripped, gripping)

meaning for a pupil

1) Very exciting and holding your attention, so you cannot stop reading or watching. tree →

2) Holding something tightly (from the verb «grip»). tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons, book reviews and stories it praises a book or film: «a gripping story», «a gripping ending». As a verb form it describes holding: «gripping the rope», «gripping the handlebars» — important in safety and PE (hold tight when climbing).

examples

• It was such a gripping book that I read it in one night. tree →
• The film had a gripping ending. tree →
• She was gripping the rope tightly as she climbed. tree →
• Keep gripping the handlebars when you ride downhill. tree →
• The football match was gripping right to the last minute. tree →
• He told a gripping story about a shipwreck. tree →
• The baby was gripping my finger. tree →

note

Spelling: double «p» before «-ing» and «-ed»: grip → gripping, gripped. Do not confuse with «griping» (one p, from «gripe» = to complain). «Gripping» as praise is used for stories, games, matches, not for people.

In the corpora

• Documentaries are films about real life, like nature, history or sport, and the best ones are as gripping as any story.
• Birds of prey, also called raptors, hunt other animals with sharp eyes, hooked beaks and gripping feet with curved talons.
• Only monkeys of the Americas have gripping tails; no monkey of Africa or Asia can hang by its tail.
• A grown-up set has 8 incisors for cutting, 4 canines for gripping, 8 premolars and 12 molars for grinding.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gripping» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.