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PRONUNCIATION OF GRIPSACK

gripsack  [ˈɡrɪpˌsæk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRIPSACK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gripsack is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GRIPSACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of gripsack in the English dictionary

The definition of gripsack in the dictionary is a travel bag.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRIPSACK


coalsack
ˈkəʊlˌsæk
cul-de-sac
ˈkʌldəˌsæk
daysack
ˈdeɪˌsæk
haversack
ˈhævəˌsæk
hopsack
ˈhɒpˌsæk
knapsack
ˈnæpˌsæk
mailsack
ˈmeɪlˌsæk
ovisac
ˈəʊvɪˌsæk
packsack
ˈpækˌsæk
rucksack
ˈrʌkˌsæk
towsack
ˈtəʊˌsæk
woolsack
ˈwʊlˌsæk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRIPSACK

grip
grip strip
grip tape
gripe
gripe water
griper
gripey
griping
gripingly
gripman
grippe
gripped
gripper
gripping
grippingly
gripple
grippy
grips

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRIPSACK

attack
back
black
Cossack
crack
Cusack
feedback
go back
gunny sack
hit the sack
in the black
jack
lack
pack
ransack
sack
sad sack
the right track
the sack
track

Synonyms and antonyms of gripsack in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gripsack» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRIPSACK

Find out the translation of gripsack to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gripsack from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gripsack» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

gripsack
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gripsack
570 millions of speakers

English

gripsack
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हैंड बैग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

gripsack
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

gripsack
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mala de mão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাতব্যাগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sac de voyage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gripsack
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gripsack
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

gripsack
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

손가방
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gripsack
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cái va li
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

gripsack
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिसारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

el bagajı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gripsack
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

walizeczka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

gripsack
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gripsack
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gripsack
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

reistas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gripsack
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gripsack
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gripsack

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRIPSACK»

The term «gripsack» is used very little and occupies the 174.565 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRIPSACK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gripsack» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gripsack» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gripsack

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRIPSACK»

Discover the use of gripsack in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gripsack and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Gripsack: July, 1890 to June, 1891 (1890)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
J S Knowles Publisher, 2010
2
George Rochberg: A Bio-bibliographic Guide to His Life and Works
Hung up in that Blue Chamber! (She staggers over to Gripsack while Fateema agonizes on the opposite side.) Catch me, I'm going to faint! (Gripsack tries to avoid holding Ma fairy.) CHORUS: Catch her! catch her! (Individual voices shouting.) ...
Joan DeVee Dixon, 1992
3
The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln (Volume 2 of 3 ) ...
Before leaving Springfield Lincoln had prepared his inaugural message with great care, and placed it in a "gripsack" for transportation to Washington. An odd incident, by which the message came near being lost on the journey, was afterwards ...
Francis Fisher Browne, 2008
4
The Every-Day Life of Abraham Lincoln: A Narrative and ...
Before leaving Springfield Lincoln had prepared his inaugural message with great care, and placed it in a "gripsack" for transportation to Washington. An odd incident, by which the message came near being lost on the journey, was afterwards ...
Francis Fisher Browne, Fisher Browne Francis, 2008
5
Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln
These copies had been locked up in what Mr. Lincoln called a "gripsack," and intrusted to his eldest son Robert. "When we reached Harrisburg," said Mr. Lincoln, " and had washed up, I asked Bob where the message was, and was taken ...
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, 1909
6
Lost Face:
It was a very painful trot, but he clenched his teeth and kept on, forgetting his pain most of the time in the fervent heat with which he regarded the gripsack. It was a severe handicap. He swung it from one hand to the other, and back again.
Jack London, 2014
7
The Collected Works of Alfred B. Sedgwick
Oh! no 1 3d verse, Gripsack. Oh, she don't care at all for to see, Or unravel this mysleree. Was there ever a woman that would not be Full—yes, full of cu-ri-os-ity. (Orches.) Oh, no! Oh, no. Blue B.—Now I will leave you. I'd like to catch the old ...
Michael Meckna, 2014
8
The Every-Day Life of Abraham Lincoln: A Narrative and ...
Before leaving Springfield Lincoln had prepared his inaugural message with great care, and placed it in a “gripsack” for transportation to Washington. An odd incident, by which the message came near being lost on the journey, was afterwards ...
FRANCIS FISHER BROWNE, 1995
9
Lost Face and Other Stories
Burns wanted to put the gripsack on another animal, but Churchill held on to it, carrying it on his saddlepommel. But he dozed, and the grip persisted in dropping off the pommel, one side or the other, each time wakening him with a sickening ...
Jack London, 2004
10
Driven from Home Carl Crawford's Experience
“I will rest here for a little while,” he said to himself, and suiting the action to the word, threw down his gripsack and flung himself on the turf. “This is refreshing,” he murmured, as, lying upon his back, he looked up through the leafy rifts to the sky ...
Horatio Alger, 2006

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRIPSACK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gripsack is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Generosity of Fejervary pays for college scholarships today
In Hungary, he had been a lawyer and a member of the legislature. It's said that when he came to Davenport, he carried "a gripsack full of gold.". «Quad City Times, Apr 11»
2
Your Basic Tool Kit
For one thing, a fabric gripsack is compact and inexpensive and can be left packed so you're never in doubt as to what's inside. Moreover, a bag is considerably ... «Mother Earth News, Feb 08»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Gripsack [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gripsack>. May 2024 ».
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