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hand-carry

hand-carry is the alternative form of handcarry.

Meaning of handcarry

Verb

handcarry (third-person singular simple present handcarries, present participle handcarrying, simple past and past participle handcarried)

  1. (transitive) To transport and deliver in person.
    • He handcarried it all the way. sir. It took him 30 days.1971, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Fraud and Corruption in Management of Military Club Systems

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Forms of hand-carry

third-person singular presenthand-carries
present participlehand-carrying
past participlehand-carried
pasthand-carried

Questions about hand-carry

What is hand-carry the alternative form of?
Hand-carry is the alternative form of handcarry.

Words near hand-carry in the dictionary

  1. hand-baskets
  2. hand-bill
  3. hand-bills
  4. hand-carried
  5. hand-carries
  6. hand-carry
  7. hand-carrying
  8. hand-cart
  9. hand-carts
  10. hand-code
  11. hand-cooked

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