"handgrip" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: handgrips [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English hand grip, handegrip, from Old English handgripe (“handgrip”), from Proto-Germanic *handugripiz (“handgrip”), equivalent to hand + grip. Cognate with Dutch handgreep (“handgrip, grasp”), German Handgriff (“handgrip, grasp, handle, hilt”), Danish håndgreb (“handgrip”), Swedish håndgrepp (“handgrip, handle, hilt”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hand grip}} Middle English hand grip, {{m|enm|handegrip}} handegrip, {{inh|en|ang|handgripe|t=handgrip}} Old English handgripe (“handgrip”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*handugripiz|t=handgrip}} Proto-Germanic *handugripiz (“handgrip”), {{compound|en|hand|grip}} hand + grip, {{cog|nl|handgreep||handgrip, grasp}} Dutch handgreep (“handgrip, grasp”), {{cog|de|Handgriff||handgrip, grasp, handle, hilt}} German Handgriff (“handgrip, grasp, handle, hilt”), {{cog|da|håndgreb||handgrip}} Danish håndgreb (“handgrip”), {{cog|sv|håndgrepp||handgrip, handle, hilt}} Swedish håndgrepp (“handgrip, handle, hilt”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} handgrip (plural handgrips)
  1. A handle. Translations (A handle): дръжка (drǎžka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Handgriff [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-handgrip-en-noun-NsUkOtOQ Disambiguation of 'A handle': 80 18 0 0 2
  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.
    Sense id: en-handgrip-en-noun-sABkwfsc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 35 34 20 8
  3. A handshake; a way of gripping hands with another person. Translations (A handshake): ръкостискане (rǎkostiskane) [neuter] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-handgrip-en-noun-dazmfNE7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 35 34 20 8 Disambiguation of 'A handshake': 0 5 91 2 2
  4. The ability to grip something with a hand.
    Sense id: en-handgrip-en-noun-5CIvpx6a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 35 34 20 8
  5. A grasp or grip; a close struggle.
    Sense id: en-handgrip-en-noun-c8zOBOCk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hand-grip, hand grip

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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