handgrip

[hand-grip]

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noun

the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.

a handle or similar part of an object affording a grip by the hand, as for lifting.

handgrips, hand-to-hand combat.

Origin of handgrip

before 900; Middle English; Old English handgripe. See hand, grip

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Related Words for handgrip

grasp, restraint, constraint, knob, shaft, stem, clamp, hold, hook, cincture, coercion, enclosure, fixing, ligature, gripe, grapple, lug, clench, brace, duress

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Historical Examples of handgrip

But now my eyesight and my footstep and my handgrip all have failed this many and many a day!
Red Cap Tales
Samuel Rutherford Crockett
There was a handgrip on each side, with the controls handy to his fingers.
The Wailing Octopus
Harold Leland Goodwin
"Glad to know you, gents," said Spider Jack, with a handgrip apiece.
The Adventures of Jimmie Dale
Frank L. Packard
A wooden stock with a handgrip is fastened to the metal handle.
Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology
John T. Schlebecker
He swung over to the panel, hooked his foot under the handgrip and grasped the lever inset in the surface.
The Secret of the Ninth Planet
Donald Allen Wollheim

British Dictionary definitions for handgrip

handgrip

noun

another word for grip 1 (def. 2), grip 1 (def. 5), grip 1 (def. 6)

sport a covering, usually of towelling or rubber, that makes the handle of a racket or club easier to hold

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Word Origin and History for handgrip

Old English handgripe; see hand (n.) + grip (n.).