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side-hand

side-hand verb: to move by placing the palm of the hand on top and sliding sideways.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To move by placing the palm of the hand on top and sliding sideways.
    • The conspirators grabbed up the candy-cup wrappings that had been carefreely strewn about, took turns tearing off pieces of the box, and side-handed them into the storm sewer across the street.1956, UVM: V. 4- - Volume 1, page 27
    • He side-handed the wafer back across the desk into Remy's lap.1990, James Luceno, Illegal Alien, →ISBN, page 123

Forms of side-hand

third-person singular presentside-hands
present participleside-handing
past participleside-handed
pastside-handed

Origin of side-hand

From side + hand.

Questions about side-hand

What does side-hand mean?
Side-hand means to move by placing the palm of the hand on top and sliding sideways.
What part of speech is side-hand?
Side-hand is a verb.
What is the past tense of side-hand?
The past tense of side-hand is side-handed.

Words near side-hand in the dictionary

  1. side-eying
  2. side-foot
  3. side-gaze
  4. side-glance
  5. side-glances
  6. side-hand
  7. side-handed
  8. side-handedly
  9. side-handing
  10. side-hands
  11. side-lever

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