# gripped

Pronunciation: say "GRIPT" /ɡɹɪpt/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of grip. — simple past and past participle of grip
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of grip. Use this form for holding tightly that already happened.
   - _He gripped the wheel as the car skidded on the icy road._
   - _Fear gripped the crowd the moment the lights went out._

## Adjective

2. Completely absorbed or fascinated, unable to pull your attention away.
   - Simple: So interested in something that you cannot look away.
   - _Audiences were gripped by the documentary's final act._
   - _She sat gripped through the whole performance, barely blinking._
3. Fitted with a grip or grips for secure holding.
   - Simple: Made with a part you can hold tightly, like a handle.
   - _The climbing axe is gripped along its full length for a firm hold._
   - _Well-gripped handles make the kitchen knives safer to use._
4. Too frightened to continue a climb; paralyzed by fear partway up a route. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Too scared to keep climbing, frozen partway up.
   - _Two moves from the top, I was completely gripped and froze on the holds._
   - _Climbers often get gripped when the good holds run out above a long fall._

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