grisp

(1) A combination of to grip or to grasp; (2) also used to replace the word 'gist' as in to understand something, but not to be expert in it.

(1) He was a good climber because he could grisp on to very small holds;
(2) Frank claimed that he finally got the grisp of the subject after reading his new textbook.

by Martout November 01, 2006