penhold
penhold noun: a manner of placing a pen within one's fingers.
Noun
penhold (plural penholds)
- A manner of placing a pen within one's fingers.
- 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.1986 September 1, H.S.R. Kao, R. Hoosain, G.P. Van Galen, Graphonomics: Contemporary Research in Handwriting, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 103
- A form of grip in table tennis similar to that typically used when holding a 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.2013 September 5, Guido Mina di Sospiro, The Metaphysics of Ping-Pong, Random House, →ISBN
Adjective
penhold (not comparable)
- Pertaining to such grip or a playing style involving it.
- Wang Hao's penhold style of play – while maintaining the traditional advantages of the penhold grip, has also greatly improved on it.2012 June 30, Wei Zhang, Advanced Technology in Teaching: Selected papers from the 2012 International Conference on Teaching and Computational Science (ICTCS 2012), Springer Science & Business Media...
Forms of penhold
| plural | penholds |
|---|---|
| alternative form | penholder |
Questions about penhold
- What does penhold mean?
- Penhold means a manner of placing a pen within one's fingers.
- What part of speech is penhold?
- Penhold can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of penhold?
- The plural of penhold is penholds.
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