handprint

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/ˈhænd.pɹɪnt/

noun

A visible mark left on a surface by the contact of a hand, not limited to fingerprints.

“The floor was covered with handprints, footprints, and pawprints.”

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Meanings

nounhandprint (plural handprints)

plural handprints

  1. A visible mark left on a surface by the contact of a hand, not limited to fingerprints.

    The floor was covered with handprints, footprints, and pawprints.

    1 more example

    Vera was made to dip her hand into the bird's blood and then make a handprint on a sheet of paper while the witches all chanted some mumbo-jumbo.

    1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 58

Origin

From hand + print.

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Translations

Hungarian kézlenyomat, kéznyom
  • kézlenyomata visible mark left on a surface by the contact of a hand, not limited to fingerprints
  • kéznyoma visible mark left on a surface by the contact of a hand, not limited to fingerprints
Cite this entry
APA

handprint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handprint

MLA

“handprint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handprint. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “handprint,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handprint.

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