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  • noun Plural form of handgrip.

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Examples

  • Some were rusted and the ants had eaten the handgrips.

    The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010

  • 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

  • There were handgrips and weights scattered on the floor.

    The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010

  • Front and rear disc brake controls are on the handgrips.

    A2B electric bike is a smooth, green ride 2008

  • 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

  • The handgrips looked like the armored gloves of a medieval knight.

    Behemoth Mr. Scott Westerfeld 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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