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wristwork

wristwork noun: movement of the hand without movement of the arm.

Noun

wristwork (uncountable)

  1. movement of the hand without movement of the arm
    • [...] in actual fact the Gresley Pacifics are not difficult to fire; the accurate wristwork needed to shoot the coal into the back corners of the grate calls for knack rather than brute force.1941 May, O. S. Nock, “The Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley: Part III—The "A1" Pacifics”, in Railway Magazine, pages 196–197

Origin of wristwork

From wrist + work.

Questions about wristwork

What does wristwork mean?
Wristwork means movement of the hand without movement of the arm.
What part of speech is wristwork?
Wristwork is a noun.

Words near wristwork in the dictionary

  1. wristwarmers
  2. wristwatch
  3. wristwatched
  4. wristwatches
  5. wristwear
  6. wristwork
  7. wristworn
  8. wristy
  9. writ
  10. writ large
  11. writ larger

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