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running hands

running hands is the present participle and gerund of run hands.

Meaning of run hands

Verb

run hands (third-person singular simple present runs hands, present participle running hands, simple past ran hands, past participle run hands)

  1. (slang) To start a physical altercation; to fight physically, as opposed to fighting verbally (i.e. arguing).
    • Can you run them hands like you run that mouth?
    Synonyms:
    scrap

Questions about running hands

What is running hands the present participle and gerund of?
Running hands is the present participle and gerund of run hands.

Words near running hands in the dictionary

  1. running game on
  2. running games
  3. running gear
  4. running gears
  5. running hand
  6. running hands
  7. running head
  8. running heading
  9. running headings
  10. running headline
  11. running headlines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: running hands (page history and authors); run hands (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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