handgrip
hand·grip
noun \ˈhan(d)-ˌgrip\Definition of HANDGRIP
1
: a grasping with the hand
2
: handle
3
plural : hand-to-hand combat
Examples of HANDGRIP
- <the vegetable peeler has a no-slip handgrip>
- <the tube TV was so bulky that it was difficult for the movers to get a solid handgrip on it>
First Known Use of HANDGRIP
before 12th century
Rhymes with HANDGRIP
airship, airstrip, atrip, backflip, blue-chip, call slip, catnip, chiefship, cleft lip, clerkship, corn chip, courtship, cowslip, deanship, death grip, drag strip, dress ship, ear clip, equip, felt-tip, fieldstrip, field trip, filmstrip, fireship, flagship, foul tip, friendship, frostnip, guildship, guilt-trip, gunship, half-slip, hardship, harelip, headship, horsewhip, inclip, judgeship, jump ship, kingship, kinship, landslip, let rip, lightship, longship, lordship, Mendip, nonslip, outstrip, oxlip, palship, pink slip, pip-pip, princeship, Q-ship, queenship, roach clip, road trip, rose hip, round-trip, saintship, sales slip, sea whip, sideslip, spaceship, starship, steamship, storeship, strike-slip, take ship, tall ship, thaneship, township, transship, troopship, unship, unzip, V-chip, wardship, warship, white chip, wing tip
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