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handsies

handsies noun: the hands.

Noun

handsies pl (plural only)

  1. (childish, plural, plural-only) The hands.
    • His mom spoke in the happy singsong voice of a children’s TV show host. “No, no, Marty. Poopy is dirty. Let’s wash your handsies.”2013, Tim Green, chapter 7, in Force Out, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, page 23
  2. (informal, plural, plural-only) Flirtatious or lascivious touching.

Origin of handsies

From hand + -sies.

Questions about handsies

What does handsies mean?
Handsies means the hands.
What part of speech is handsies?
Handsies is a noun.

Words near handsies in the dictionary

  1. handsheets
  2. handshoe
  3. handshoes
  4. handshook
  5. handsier
  6. handsies
  7. handsiest
  8. handsignalman
  9. handsignalmen
  10. handsiness
  11. handsling

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