viselike

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adjective

Extremely strong or tight, like the grip of a vise.

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tight
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English vise →
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Meanings

adjectiveviselike (comparative more viselike, superlative most viselike)

comparative more viselike · superlative most viselike · alternative vicelike

  1. Extremely strong or tight, like the grip of a vise.

    What they share, apart from their Texas roots, is a viselike grasp of hard-bop fundamentals and an easy affinity for funk.

    2009 January 9, Nate Chinen, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveclamped as in a vise

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tight

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishvise
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishviselike

From vise + -like.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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