handshaking
- n grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
handsomeness
- n the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man)
hands
- n (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
my fate is in your hands
too much power in the president's hands - n the force of workers available
- n the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
he had the hands of a surgeon - n a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- n something written by hand
- n ability
- n a position given by its location to the side of an object
- n the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- n one of two sides of an issue
- n a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- n a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
the horse stood 20 hands - n a member of the crew of a ship
all hands on deck - n a card player in a game of bridge
- n a round of applause to signify approval
- n terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
the kangaroo's forearms seem undeveloped but the powerful five-fingered hands are skilled at feinting and clouting"- Springfield (Mass.) Union - n physical assistance
- v place into the hands or custody of
- v guide or conduct or usher somewhere
handsbreadth
- n any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand
handset
- n telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle
handshake
- n grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
handspring
- n an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again
handstamp
- n a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand
- v stamp with a rubber stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document
handstand
- n the act of supporting yourself by your hands alone in an upside down position
handwheel
- n a wheel worked by hand
- n control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated