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paper-hand

paper-hand verb: to treat with paper hands, i.e. sell too early.

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To treat with paper hands, i.e. sell too early.
    • I love seeing governments paper handing
      I still remember when Germany floored their BTC at $50K before the ATH run to $120K+
      Botttoooooommmmm siggnnaaallll2026 April 9, @JesusMartinez, X
    • $RPI, close to ~3x returns.
      Off the media branded "Meme Stock".
      I think after retail saw institutions bear post my thesis posts.
      Then ended up paper handing $AXTI, then $RPI, then $IQE, then $EWY, then $SNDK, then $AAOI, then $SOI.2026 May 25, @aleabitoreddit, X

Forms of paper-hand

third-person singular presentpaper-hands
present participlepaper-handing
past participlepaper-handed
pastpaper-handed
alternative formpaper hand

Questions about paper-hand

What does paper-hand mean?
Paper-hand means to treat with paper hands, i.e. sell too early.
What part of speech is paper-hand?
Paper-hand is a verb.
What is the past tense of paper-hand?
The past tense of paper-hand is paper-handed.

Words near paper-hand in the dictionary

  1. paper-clay
  2. paper-cloth
  3. paper-faced
  4. paper-folder
  5. paper-folders
  6. paper-hand
  7. paper-handed
  8. paper-handing
  9. paper-hanger
  10. paper-hangers
  11. paper-knife

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