knife grip
Handle-clutching hand position
A knife grip is the way someone holds a knife, whether for cooking, combat, or utility work.
In culinary contexts, the pinch grip—thumb and forefinger grasping the blade's base—offers control for precise cuts.
In tactical settings, grips include forward (blade extending from the thumb side) and reverse (blade from the pinky side): He shifted to an icepick grip.
- handlePart for gripping
- chokeObstruct breathing or airflow
- pinchSqueeze with fingertips
- thumbShort opposable digit
- palmHand's flat interior
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- gripshandgrip, grasp, pincer grasp, choking up, overgrip
- knife skillschopping, slicing, dicing, mincing, julienne
- cuttingslicing, slice, chopping, dice, dicing
- handlesdoor handle, cabinet handle, hammer handle, axe handle, broom handle
knife anatomy
knife gripknife blade
Sharp metal portion
blade · cutting edge · blade edge · blade tip · sharp edge
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