Handgrip

Quick meaning: Handgrip is a noun meaning A handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.

Meaning

A handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.

More Meanings

1. A covering (often rubber or foam) on a handle, designed to allow the user a more comfortable or more secure hold on the handle.
2. A handshake; a way of gripping hands with another person.
3. The ability to grip something with a hand.
4. A grasp or grip.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: grip

The patient's handgrip is also tested for muscle strength.

“I heard that this youngster had the strength of thirty men in his handgrip!”

The captain of evil discovered himself in a handgrip harder than anything he had encountered in any man on the face of the earth.

Word Forms

• handgrips
• hand-grip
• hand grip

Synonyms for handgrip

Depending on context, synonyms include grip, hold, handle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include handle, grip, hold, dipyridamole, gripper, fingerhold.

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