Gripper

Definitions

1. A person who or thing which grips something.
2. A cover on a handle that makes it easier to grip.
3. A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice.
4. A ticket collector.
   slang
5. A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
6. A foot.
   plural-normally, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“In a method for guiding a thread onto an empty reel after a first reel in a continuously operating spooler has become⟳ full, utilizing a moving finger on the spooler in cooperation with a gripper rotating with the empty reel […]”

“To move⟳ the options bar from its default location at the top of the screen to a new location, click the gripper on the option bar's left edge and drag⟳ it to its new location.”

“Put⟳ those grippers away!”

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