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soft hands

soft hands noun: the hands in a relaxed state, especially for a batsman to play with a dead bat, or for a fielder to catch the ball without it bouncing out. Also the plural of soft hand.

Noun

soft hands pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The hands in a relaxed state, especially for a batsman to play with a dead bat, or for a fielder to catch the ball without it bouncing out.

Also used as

soft hands is also the plural of soft hand.

Questions about soft hands

What does soft hands mean?
Soft hands means the hands in a relaxed state, especially for a batsman to play with a dead bat, or for a fielder to catch the ball without it bouncing out.
What part of speech is soft hands?
Soft hands is a noun.

Words near soft hands in the dictionary

  1. soft goods
  2. soft grunge
  3. soft gs
  4. soft hand
  5. soft handed
  6. soft hands
  7. soft hyphen
  8. soft hyphens
  9. soft in the head
  10. soft inquiries
  11. soft inquiry

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