handgrip

Meaning

Noun

• A handle.
• A covering (often rubber or foam) on a handle, designed to allow the user a more comfortable or more secure hold on the handle.
• A handshake; a way of gripping hands with another person.
• The ability of a person (or other animal with hands) to grip something with a hand.

Origin

• From Middle English hand grip, handegrip, from Old English handgripe, from Proto-Germanic *handugripiz, equivalent to hand + grip. Cognate with Dutch handgreep ("handgrip, grasp"), German Handgriff ("handgrip, grasp, handle, hilt"), Danish håndgreb ("handgrip"), Swedish håndgrepp ("handgrip, handle, hilt").