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double-hand

double-hand verb: to use both hands to hold.

Verb

double-hand (third-person singular simple present double-hands, present participle double-handing, simple past and past participle double-handed)

  1. To use both hands to hold.
    • On the screen, big-bosomed blondes intimidated bad guys who looked like waiters at the Ivy, everyone double-handing their guns in absurd poses, tossing around 'perp' and 'forensics.'2009, Jonathan Kellerman, True Detectives, →ISBN

Forms of double-hand

third-person singular presentdouble-hands
present participledouble-handing
past participledouble-handed
pastdouble-handed

Questions about double-hand

What does double-hand mean?
Double-hand means to use both hands to hold.
What part of speech is double-hand?
Double-hand is a verb.
What is the past tense of double-hand?
The past tense of double-hand is double-handed.

Words near double-hand in the dictionary

  1. double-glaze
  2. double-glazed
  3. double-glazes
  4. double-glazing
  5. double-glazings
  6. double-hand
  7. double-handed
  8. double-handedly
  9. double-handedness
  10. double-handing
  11. double-handling

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