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- noun Plural form of
handgrip .
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Examples
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Some were rusted and the ants had eaten the handgrips.
The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010
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The two thick rubber handgrips, slippery to the touch, were loose and twisted irri-tatingly beneath his hands, seeming to have no relation to the rest of the chair.
She Closed Her Eyes 2010
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There were handgrips and weights scattered on the floor.
The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010
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Front and rear disc brake controls are on the handgrips.
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He remembered wheeling Henry Carwardine across the headland on his first evening at Toynton, the thick rubber handgrips twisting beneath his hand.
She Closed Her Eyes 2010
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The handgrips looked like the armored gloves of a medieval knight.
Behemoth Mr. Scott Westerfeld 2010
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The seat and handgrips are heated, and its streamlined saddlebags carry a week's worth of baggage for two people, he says.
Posh Bikes Rev Up 2008
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There is an interesting tendency for comfortable handgrips to have an, um, distinctive shape.
Auction to Benefit the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence maryrobinette 2008
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Easy to use, thanks to solid magnification range (40 to 400x), plus such features as ergonomic-minded handgrips and fine and coarse adjustment settings.
Ooh! Paramecium! 2007
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This colorfully designed, kid-friendly kit included a microscope that made focusing a snap -- the magnification range is 40 to 400x, plus there's a fine-adjustment setting, padded eyepiece and ergonomic-minded handgrips.
Ooh! Paramecium! 2007
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