graps

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/ɡɹæps/

A form of grasp — To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.

OriginMiddle English grapsen ← Old English *grǣpsian →
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Meanings

verbgraps (third-person singular simple present grapses, present participle grapsing, simple past and past participle grapsed)

present singular third person grapses · participle present grapsing · participle past grapsed · past grapsed

  1. alternativedialectalchiefly African-American Vernacular and UKAlternative form of grasp.

Origin

  1. Old English*grǣpsian
  2. Middle Englishgrapsen
  3. Englishgraps

From Middle English grapsen, re-unmetathesised version of graspen (“to grasp”), from Old English *grǣpsian. Compare to its equally unmetathesised cognates German Low German grapsen (“to grab; grasp”), German grapsen, Saterland Frisian Grapse (“double handful”).

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APA

graps. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graps

MLA

“graps.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graps. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “graps,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graps.

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