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handback

handback noun: the act of handing something back.

Noun

handback (plural handbacks)

  1. The act of handing something back.
    • 'Route director Gary Walsh and I will be refreshing the meeting structures and we are already looking much more at passenger issues and areas like late handbacks of possessions.'2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 59

Forms of handback

pluralhandbacks

Origin of handback

Presumably from the verb hand + back

Questions about handback

What does handback mean?
Handback means the act of handing something back.
What part of speech is handback?
Handback is a noun.
What is the plural of handback?
The plural of handback is handbacks.

Words near handback in the dictionary

  1. Handals
  2. Handan
  3. handax
  4. handaxe
  5. handaxes
  6. handback
  7. handbacks
  8. handbag
  9. handbag clip
  10. handbag house
  11. handbagful

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