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singlehand

singlehand is the alternative form of single-hand.

Meaning of single-hand

Verb

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

  1. To sail a boat unassisted, without any crew beyond oneself.
    • I think a lot more sailors would try singlehanding if they weren't troubled by the increasing big-ship traffic.1980, Yachting, volume 147, number 6, page 46

Forms of singlehand

third-person singular presentsinglehands
present participlesinglehanding
past participlesinglehanded
pastsinglehanded

Questions about singlehand

What is singlehand the alternative form of?
Singlehand is the alternative form of single-hand.

Words near singlehand in the dictionary

  1. singlefold
  2. singlefoot
  3. singlefooted
  4. singlefooting
  5. singlefoots
  6. singlehand
  7. singlehanded
  8. singlehandedly
  9. singlehandedness
  10. singlehanding
  11. singlehands

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Adapted from Wiktionary: singlehand (page history and authors); single-hand (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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