gripper

Noun

 * 1) A person or thing that grips something.
 * 2) A cover on the handle of a bicycle, tool, etc, 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.
 * 5)  A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
 * 6)  A foot.
 * 1)  A foot.
 * 1)  A foot.

Etymology
, from, from , ultimately from. Doublet of.

Verb

 * 1) to grab, to grasp