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skeleton grip

skeleton grip noun: a rough grip for a handle with sections of material removed to form an open frame with a honeycomb or other geometric pattern.

Noun

skeleton grip (plural skeleton grips)

  1. A rough grip for a handle with sections of material removed to form an open frame with a honeycomb or other geometric pattern.
    • He then took from under his shirts in another drawer a very flat ·25 Beretta automatic with a skeleton grip, extracted the clip and the single round in the barrel and whipped the action to and fro several times, finally pulling the trigger on the empty chamber.1953, Ian Fleming, “Pink Lights and Champagne”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 57

Forms of skeleton grip

pluralskeleton grips

Questions about skeleton grip

What does skeleton grip mean?
Skeleton grip means a rough grip for a handle with sections of material removed to form an open frame with a honeycomb or other geometric pattern.
What part of speech is skeleton grip?
Skeleton grip is a noun.
What is the plural of skeleton grip?
The plural of skeleton grip is skeleton grips.

Words near skeleton grip in the dictionary

  1. skeleton clock
  2. skeleton clocks
  3. skeleton crew
  4. skeleton crews
  5. skeleton flower
  6. skeleton grip
  7. skeleton grips
  8. skeleton in one's closet
  9. skeleton in one's cupboard
  10. skeleton in one's house
  11. skeleton in the closet

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