gripper

American  

[grip-er] / ˈgrɪp ər /

noun

1. a person or thing that grips.

2. Printing. (in certain presses) one of a number of fingerlike devices for gripping a sheet and transferring it to or from the printing surface.

3. Metalworking. Usually a device on a drawbench for drawing the work through the die.

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Etymology

Origin of gripper

First recorded in 1560–70; grip + -er ¹

Example Sentences

“What Zohran has been signaling is: What’s the bite-size step he can take to show meaningful progress here?” said Jasmine Gripper, a Working Families Party co-director.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Bombas wasn’t kidding around when it made its Gripper Slippers.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023

An unusual workshop demonstration will take place April 5, when the South African guitarist Derek Gripper introduces his transcriptions from the kora — a 21-string, harplike instrument associated with the African griot, or storytelling, tradition.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2014

Opinion within cycling is divided, with the UCI rejecting the idea at its congress in September in spite of support from its former anti-doping head, Anne Gripper.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2012

"It's through him we're in an iceberg," said Gripper.

From The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Verne, Jules