gripping

Plural: grippings

Verb

• Present participle of 'grip'; holding firmly or intensely interesting.
• hold fast or firmly
• to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
• to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
• present participle and gerund of grip

Adjective Satellite

• capable of arousing and holding the attention

Adj

• Which catches someone's attention; exciting

Noun

• The act of forming a grip.
• Obsolete form of griping (“pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines”).

Examples

• The game was so gripping, I forgot to check the time as my opponent spelled ’ADIEU’.

Synonyms

absorbing, engrossing, fascinate, fascinating, grapple, grip, riveting, spellbind, transfix, interesting

Anagrams of gripping