Home › Words › G › gripmangripmangripman means A man employed to manipulate the grip of a cable car (the streetcar), therefore enabling it to start and stop.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, gripman ranks #16,749 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom grip + -man.nounA man employed to manipulate the grip of a cable car (the streetcar), therefore enabling it to start and stop.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).