viselike
1
8.8
- adjective
- /ˈvaɪsˌlaɪk/
- US
:
como un tornillo
- With a viselike grip, he held the rope tight, ensuring it wouldn't slip.
- viselike grip
Examples
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Her bony fingers were strangely strong, the grip viselike.
Fiction book (1990) -
Casimir released the meistersinger, but fastened a viselike grip on one of his hands.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her father grabbed her wrists with a viselike grip.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Caught him in the act, chief," said the blue-suited fellow, retaining his hold on Frank's arm with viselike fingers.
Fiction book (2001) -
In the next instant, a viselike grip closed over his wrist, and Captain Orde's other hand firmly pushed Moshe's head down.
Fiction book (1991) -
They spoke of his audacity of mind, his viselike logic, his unswerving dedication.
Academic text (2002) -
Gripping his prize, a piranha, with his viselike talons, he rocketed off right in front of us.
Academic text (2005) -
He was a tall man, well-built and strong, and he caught hold of her hard, holding her in a viselike grip, pressing his mouth on hers.
Fiction book (1996) -
Some began to line up: little boys in white sneakers, caught in the viselike grips of their mothers; businessmen with leather envelopes; old ladies in mink stoles.
Fiction book (1991) -
I gritted my teeth, swung my left arm up, and grabbed his left wrist—which was still clamped viselike onto my right wrist—with both hands.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
1
6.5
So tight that it does not let something move, like a strong grip
Holding something very tightly so it cannot move
Antonyms
How Tight
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Viselike comes from the tool vise, a strong 'clamp' used to hold things very tight. So something viselike feels squeezed or pressed, as if it were held in a vise.