Meanings
noungangsta grip (plural gangsta grips)
plural gangsta grips
- Synonym of gangsta hold.
The "gangsta grip" is not stronger, in fact it requires you to twist your wrist and shoulder to achieve it rather than to keep your wrist properly aligned with your forearm and shoulder, such as is used with the traditional grip.
1999 January 22, Andrew Priestley, “Re: 'Gansta' stance”, in rec.games.frp.gurps (Usenet), message-ID <36A8A4A4.30568E79@ziplink.net>Synonyms: gangsta hold
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of gangsta hold.
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gangsta grip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangsta%20grip
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“gangsta grip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangsta%20grip. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gangsta grip,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangsta%20grip.
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