gripe+or+grip
61clinch — v 1. attach, fasten, make fast, secure, fix, set; rivet, nail, screw, bolt, drive in; clamp, vise, brace; lock, bar, hasp; pinion, bind, tie, fetter. 2. seize, grab, Inf. collar, lay hold of; wrestle, grapple; grip, gripe, clench, clutch, clasp.… …
62grasp — v 1. grip, gripe, clutch, clench; clasp, hold, grapple, clinch; take, lay hold of, nab, seize, grab, snatch, catch at, catch. 2. comprehend, understand, apprehend, realize, Chiefly Scot. ken; perceive, apperceive, cognize, know, Sl. savvy, get,… …
63grop´ing|ly — grope «grohp», verb, groped, grop|ing, noun. –intransitive verb. 1. to feel about with the hands: »I groped for a flashlight when the lights went out. 2. Figurative. to search blindly and uncertainly: »The detectives groped for some clue to the… …
64bear hug — Synonyms and related words: bite, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, cling, clinging, clutch, death grip, embrace, enfoldment, firm hold, foothold, footing, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, hug, iron grip, nip, purchase, seizure, squeeze, tight grip …
65bite — Synonyms and related words: acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, acuminate, acute pain, adhere to, afflict, agonize, ail, allotment, allowance, and sinker, astringency, auger, bait, be a sucker, be keen, be taken in, bear hug, benumb, big end,… …
66clamp — Synonyms and related words: affix, alum, anchor, annex, astringent, attach, bear hug, belay, bite, brace, bracket, cement, cinch, clasp, clench, clinch, cling, clinging, clip, clutch, compress, compressor, constrictor, contractor, cramp, crush,… …
67clasp — Synonyms and related words: abduct, adhere, adhere to, agglomerate, around, articulate, batten, batten down, bear hug, bite, bolt, bosom, brooch, buckle, bunch, butt, button, carry off, catch, clamp, cleat, cleave, cleave to, clench, clinch,… …
68clench — Synonyms and related words: abduct, adhere to, bear hug, bite, carry off, clamp, clasp, cleave to, clinch, cling, clinging, clip, clutch, death grip, embrace, firm hold, foothold, footing, freeze to, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hang on, hang on… …
69clinch — Synonyms and related words: abduct, adhere, adhere to, affix, afford proof of, agglomerate, anchor, ankle, annex, articulation, ascertain, assure, attach, bear hug, belay, bite, boundary, bring home to, bunch, butt, carry off, cement, certify,… …
70cling — Synonyms and related words: accretion, adhere, adhere to, adherence, adhesion, agglomerate, agglomeration, agglutination, attach, bear hug, bite, bond, bunch, cherish, clamp, clasp, cleave, cleave to, clench, clinch, cling to, clinging, clip,… …
