Definition of "handgrip"

handgrip

noun
plural handgrips
1. A handle.
  Quotations
  On a motorcycle, you work the clutch by squeezing a lever on your left handgrip, and you operate the shift lever with your left foot.
  2005, Shirley Duglin Kennedy, The Savvy Guide to Motorcycles‎, page 30
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.
  Quotations
  Each cane consists of three parts: (1) the handle (which may or may not be covered by a rubber handgrip), (2) the shaft, and (3) the base (which is usually ...
  1994, Verolyn Bolander, Karen Creason Sorensen, Joan Luckmann, Sorensen and Luckmann's basic nursing: a psychophysiologic approach‎, page 837
3. A handshake; a way of gripping hands with another person.
  Quotations
  There are also "secret" signs and handgrips, which initiates are never supposed to reveal lest they suffer a fate worse than death.
  1988 March 11, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader‎
4. The ability to grip something with a hand.
  Quotations
  The patient's handgrip is also tested for muscle strength.
  1988, M.J. Viljoen, L.R. Uys, General nursing: a medical and surgical textbook, Part 1‎, page 138
5. A grasp or grip; a close struggle.