Penhold
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Penhold is a noun meaning (countable) A manner of placing a pen within one's fingers.
Meaning
(countable) A manner of placing a pen within one's fingers.
More Meanings
- (sports) A form of grip in table tennis similar to that typically used when holding a pen.
- (sports) Pertaining to such grip or a playing style involving it.
Example Sentences
Wang Hao's penhold style of play – while maintaining the traditional advantages of the penhold grip, has also greatly improved on it.
Certainly, it is our impression that some children adopt a penhold that conforms to a dynamic tripod but use movements of the whole arm rather than of the fingers to drive the pen.
One of the Chinese players, a pudgy little man who couldn't stop talking as we waited for the room to clear from a yoga class, played with the typical Chinese penhold (with the racket held as a pen) and used only the face of his racket.
Word Forms
- penholds
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include penholder, fingerhold, pinhold, penpoint, penner, hold.
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