All handclasp synonyms

noun handclasp

• grasp — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
• restraint — a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
• constraint — A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.
• crunch — If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth.
• congestion — If there is congestion in a place, the place is extremely crowded and blocked with traffic or people.
• clamp — A clamp is a device that holds two things firmly together.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
• cincture — something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border
• coercion — Coercion is the act or process of persuading someone forcefully to do something that they do not want to do.
• fixing — Informal. a position from which it is difficult to escape; predicament.
• ligature — the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
• gripe — Informal. to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
• grapple — to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
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• clench — When you clench your fist or your fist clenches, you curl your fingers up tightly, usually because you are very angry.
• brace — If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
• duress — compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint.
• clinch — If you clinch something you are trying to achieve, such as a business deal or victory in a contest, you succeed in obtaining it.
• tenure — the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.
• snatch — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
• strength — the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
• cinch — If you say that something is a cinch, you mean that you think it is very easy to do.
• vise — visa.
• catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
• squeeze — to press forcibly together; compress.
• purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
• clutch — If you clutch at something or clutch something, you hold it tightly, usually because you are afraid or anxious.
• fastening — something that fastens, as a lock or clasp.
• wrench — to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist: He wrenched the prisoner's wrist.
• anchor — An anchor is a heavy hooked object that is dropped from a boat into the water at the end of a chain in order to make the boat stay in one place.
• crushing — A crushing defeat, burden, or disappointment is a very great or severe one.
• handshake — handshaking
• handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
• clamping — the immobilization of a car or other vehicle by means of a wheel clamp
• grapnel — a device consisting essentially of one or more hooks or clamps, for grasping or holding something; grapple; grappling iron.
• handhold — a grip with the hand or hands.
• hug — to clasp tightly in the arms, especially with affection; embrace.
• force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
• crowd — A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.
• influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
• squash — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
• crush — To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
• jam — to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
• press — to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
• clasp — If you clasp someone or something, you hold them tightly in your hands or arms.
• greeting — the act or words of a person who greets.
• grip — the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
• shake — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
• embrace — An act of holding someone closely in one's arms.