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side-hands

side-hands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of side-hand.

Meaning of side-hand

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

Questions about side-hands

What is side-hands the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Side-hands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of side-hand.

Words near side-hands in the dictionary

  1. side-glances
  2. side-hand
  3. side-handed
  4. side-handedly
  5. side-handing
  6. side-hands
  7. side-lever
  8. side-levers
  9. side-line
  10. side-lined
  11. side-lines

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