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plural handgrips
A handle. quotations examples
On a motorcycle, you work the clutch by squeezing a lever on your left handgrip, and you operate the shift lever with your left foot.
2005, Shirley Duglin Kennedy, The Savvy Guide to Motorcycles, page 30
A covering (often rubber or foam) on a handle, designed to allow the user a more comfortable or more secure hold on the handle. quotations examples
Each cane consists of three parts: (1) the handle (which may or may not be covered by a rubber handgrip), (2) the shaft, and (3) the base (which is usually ...
1994, Verolyn Bolander, Karen Creason Sorensen, Joan Luckmann, Sorensen and Luckmann's basic nursing: a psychophysiologic approach, page 837
A handshake; a way of gripping hands with another person. quotations examples
There are also "secret" signs and handgrips, which initiates are never supposed to reveal lest they suffer a fate worse than death.
1988 March 11, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader
The ability to grip something with a hand. quotations examples
The patient's handgrip is also tested for muscle strength.
1988, M.J. Viljoen, L.R. Uys, General nursing: a medical and surgical textbook, Part 1, page 138
A grasp or grip; a close struggle. examples