Gripping rhymes with:
dripping, outstripping, ripping, stripping, tripping, chipping, clipping, dipping, dripping, equipping, flipping, nipping, outstripping, ripping, shipping, sipping, skipping, slipping, stripping, tipping, tripping, whipping, zipping
Gripping sounds like:
girobank, grabbing, grabens, grabinski, grapevines, gribbins, grievance, grievances, grieving, griffin's, griffing, griping, groping, grouping, groupings, gryphons