Grips — meaning in English

English meaning

• brain noun The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the rest of the nervous system.
• gumption noun Practical common sense and the drive to get things done without being told.

Senses

Grips is used for these senses in English:

• brain (in the plural) Intellect.
• gumption (UK, Irish) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness. [from early 18th c.]

brain — full definition

1. noun The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the rest of the nervous system.
2. noun A person's intelligence or mental ability.
3. noun An especially intelligent person, or the person supplying the ideas behind a plan.
4. verb Informal: to hit someone hard on the head.

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