As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
grips
plural of grip
grips
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grip
• PIRGs, prigs, sprig
Source: Wiktionary
Grip, n. Etym: [L. gryps, gryphus. See Griffin, Grype.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The griffin. [Obs.]
Grip, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. grip furrow, hitch, D. greb.]
Definition: A small ditch or furrow. Ray.
Grip, v. t.
Definition: To trench; to drain.
Grip, n. Etym: [AS. gripe. Cf. Grip, v. t., Gripe, v. t.]
1. An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
2. A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.
3. That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.
4. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
Grip, v. t. Etym: [From Grip a grasp; or P. gripper to seize; -- of German origin. See Gripe, v. t.]
Definition: To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.