The character doesn't know how to ride a bike and tries to remember what his friend was doing when starting the vehicle.
He then says to himself :
たしかここんとこをグリッてまわしてたような……
I can't find any info on グリッて, what does it mean?
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I can't seem to find anything either. I think it could be an idea (if you can) to include a picture/scan of the actual sentence, just in case. Well, I found this : doramani645.blog135.fc2.com/blog-entry-525.html but I am not sure it is related. – Urukann May 21 '15 at 8:28
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8「ぐるっと」とか「ぐるりと」みたいなもんです。 – Chocolate♦ May 21 '15 at 8:35
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Not sure if this is relevant, but jisho.org suggestsグリップ (adding プ to get "grip"), which might make sense in the context of this image. – GoBusto May 21 '15 at 9:10
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I don't think グリップ is related & @Choco has the answer (which she should go ahead and post! Welcome back!). – Earthliŋ♦ May 21 '15 at 9:44
This グリって is a mimetic adverb (擬態語) which is basically the same as グリグリ(と):
押さえつけながら強く回すさま。「ひじで肩を―（と）もむ」
It's similar to グルグル(と)/グルっと which describes how something rotates smoothly. But グリグリ refers to a more forceful, unsmooth movement/rotation.
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2I feel グリグリ when I rotate my notched mouse wheel back and forth. – broccoli forest May 22 '15 at 5:06
