hand grip

Noun

handgrip (plural handgrips)

1. A handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
   • Near-synonym: grip

   Synonyms:

   grip

2. A covering (often rubber or foam) on a handle, designed to allow the user a more comfortable or more secure hold on the handle.
   • He wrapped some fabric tape around the rubber handgrips to make them less slippery.
3. A handshake; a way of gripping hands with another person.
   • They use a certain handgrip as a wordless shibboleth.
4. The ability to grip something with a hand.
   • handgrip strength
5. A grasp or grip.
   • “I heard that this youngster had the strength of thirty men in his handgrip!”1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 25