different between gripper vs gipper

English

Etymology

grip +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????p.?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?p?(r)

Noun

gripper (plural grippers)

1. A person or thing that grips something.
2. A cover on the handle of a bicycle, tool, etc, that makes it easier to grip.
3. (curling) A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice.
4. (rail transport, slang) A ticket collector.
5. (computing, graphical user interface) A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.

Derived terms

• microgripper

French

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Frankish *gr?pan, from Proto-Germanic *gr?pan?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *g?reyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Doublet of griffer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i.pe/

Verb

gripper

1. to grab, to grasp

Conjugation

Derived terms

• grippe

Further reading

• “gripper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

gip (“clean [fish] for curing”) +? -er (suffix forming agent nouns)

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) enPR: g??p?r, IPA^(key): /???p?/

Noun

gipper (plural gippers)

1. (obsolete except dialectal) One who gips (i.e., cleans fish in preparation for curing).

Translations

References

• ‘Gi·pper’ s.v. “Gip, v.” on page 173/1 of § 2 (G) of volume IV (F and G, ed. Henry Bradley, 1901) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)

Anagrams

• grippe