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🤖 A grabbing tool ✊ A hand exerciser
gripper

gripper

1 4.1
A small device you hold and squeeze to make your hand and arm stronger
  • noun
  • /ˈɡrɪpər/
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  • He used a gripper to strengthen his fingers during his rehabilitation exercises.

Examples

  • The physical therapist recommended a gripper to improve his hand strength after surgery.

  • But oh, it is just a little gripper a little, a little baby gripper.

  • She bought a small gripper to help her practice squeezing and strengthen her forearm.

How Hard

gripper
1 4.1
squeeze
12 1.5

Surface Forms

gripper singular
grippers plural

Morphology

gripper = grip (transparent) = grip + er

Clear instrumental noun formation from 'grip' indicating a device used to exercise or improve one's grip.

Etymology

Gripper comes from the basic word grip, meaning 'to hold', with the ending -er meaning 'thing that does', so a gripper is a small device you squeeze to improve your hold and make your hand stronger.