gripper
[
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.
dog
(def 13).
Origin
1560-70;
grip
+
-er
1
Examples from the web for
gripper
Two or more such muscles can be configured as a
gripper
to pick up objects.
Robot arm wit a
gripper
responds to monkey thoughts.
Troops can hook on a pint-sized
gripper
arm, with a rotating shoulder.
They developed software to control each
gripper
by linking its joints.
If a resident cannot wear safe shoes or slippers, use
gripper
socks instead.
The ribbon
gripper
jaws were modified to add electrical contacts that sense the presence of ribbon.
Slang definitions & phrases for
gripper
gripper
Related Terms
ground-gripper