bare hand

verb

To field the ball without one's glove in one's hand.

“Jones bare hands the bunt and throws to first... out!”

Meanings

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

present singular third person bare hands · participle present bare handing · participle past bare handed · past bare handed

  1. transitiveball gamesTo field the ball without one's glove in one's hand.

    Jones bare hands the bunt and throws to first... out!

nounbare hand (plural bare hands)

plural bare hands

  1. An ungloved hand.
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bare hand,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bare%20hand.

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