Noun : a firm but friendly handgrip.    From Dictionary.com. 

I particularly like the leathery-looking handgrip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Olympus unveils E-P1 digital SLR-like camera] Reference

Now, the handgrip, you would try to clean, of course.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 10, 2006] Reference

The silent handgrip shows me that they understand me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stuka Pilot]

It has handgrip levers for making cutting adjustments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference

The craft of might hath he within his own handgrip, 380.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference

Joe found his hands closing convulsively on a handgrip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Space Platform]

A red spot high on the pistol's handgrip winked out of view.    From Wordnik.com.  [Duma Key]

He examined the handgrip and the long leather carrying strap.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Falcons of Montabard]

A wooden stock with a handgrip is fastened to the metal handle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference

A higher walker with a bar as the handgrip works better for her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

Made of bronze, with a worn old handgrip and a narrow top crest.    From Wordnik.com.  [See Delphi and Die]

“Do you have other controls on your handgrip?” asked Hannah.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ilium]

Inside is a black metal tube with a shoulder rest and a handgrip.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magic Engineer]

Two blades pointing forward, two pointed back, a handgrip in the middle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon] Reference

The unenhanced fingers of his right hand were too weak to work the handgrip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Killer of Killers] Reference

She passed one hand under this low cowl, near the handgrip, to activate things.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ilium]

"The wire rolls onto a spool inside the handgrip," Pocomchi was telling him evenly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End of The Matter]

Outside the. hangar sat a snowmobile with a pair of pliers serving as one handgrip.    From Wordnik.com.  [There Is A Season]

She touched the holographic symbols, twisted the handgrip, and the sonie flew lower.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ilium]

They renewed their acquaintance with a cordial handgrip, and clinked glasses together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference

Leith saw the dark stubby handgrip nestling there and wondered if he was going to die.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neurosurgical Intervention For Beginners] Reference

But now my eyesight and my footstep and my handgrip all have failed this many and many a day!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference

She does much better on a higher walker with a handgrip that runs from one side to the other.    From Wordnik.com.  [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference

I was carried another five yards before I made it over the moving handgrip onto the other side.    From Wordnik.com.  [Killing Floor]

Bill had worked hard at his weightlifting, and the pack straps provided a comfortable handgrip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]

And we worked our way back from one handgrip to another, or rather I did so, pulling Eet's suit along.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncharted Stars]

The military helmet he wore was also halved black and red as were his holster and the handgrip of the protruding weapon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Universe — or Nothing] Reference

Electric motors inherently provide a lot of torque and, when you twist the throttle on the right handgrip, the A2B responds well.    From Wordnik.com.  [CES 2009: Coming of the eBikes] Reference

Among people older than 85, a weak handgrip appears.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to What are the Health Benefits of Chocolate?] Reference

I think Canon should get kudos for the handgrip material.    From Wordnik.com.  [News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)]

Their handgrip strength was measured at 85 years and then again at.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog] Reference

Its current model, the ADE651, consists of a flimsy antenna fitted to a swivelling handgrip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top stories from Times Online] Reference

The scientists also found that handgrip strength has a greater impact on mortality as people age.    From Wordnik.com.  [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference

The researchers also found that handgrip strength has a greater impact on mortality as people age.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog] Reference

The Korean shooter offers a shallower handgrip and this makes it just about as thick as the Olympus.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNET Asia Reviews] Reference