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handygripes

handygripes noun: seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; close quarters in fighting.

Noun

handygripes pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; close quarters in fighting.
    • For now the mastives, charging home, / To blows and handygripes were come:c. 1660–1680, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part I, canto III
    Synonyms:
    grappling, wrestling

Synonyms of handygripes

Forms of handygripes

alternative formhandy gripes
alternative formhandy-gripes
alternative formhandygrips

Questions about handygripes

What does handygripes mean?
Handygripes means seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; close quarters in fighting.
What part of speech is handygripes?
Handygripes is a noun.

Words near handygripes in the dictionary

  1. handybook
  2. handybooks
  3. handycam
  4. handycams
  5. handycuffs
  6. handygripes
  7. handygrips
  8. handyish
  9. handyman
  10. handyman special
  11. handyman specials

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