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handholding

handholding noun: the holding of hands.

Noun

handholding (countable and uncountable, plural handholdings)

  1. The holding of hands.
    • “I want to fuck gender. What does that mean? It means taking gender, a beautiful, wonderful thing and rockin it just right. Most cisfolk, they're stuck holding hands. And that's not to say no cisfolk fuck gender, or that hand holding isn't its own amazing thing. […]”2010 Spring, “The Queerest Art: Genderf*ck”, in OutWrite Newsmagazine, University of California, Los Angeles, page 7
  2. Strong personal support or reassurance.

Adjective

handholding (not comparable)

  1. Holding hands.
  2. (broadly) Deeply and ostentatiously in love.

Forms of handholding

pluralhandholdings

Origin of handholding

From hand + holding.

Questions about handholding

What does handholding mean?
Handholding means the holding of hands.
What part of speech is handholding?
Handholding can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of handholding?
The plural of handholding is handholdings.

Words near handholding in the dictionary

  1. handhelds
  2. handhold
  3. handholdable
  4. handholder
  5. handholders
  6. handholding
  7. handholdings
  8. handholdless
  9. handholds
  10. handholdy
  11. handhole

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