Meanings
nounhandsies pl (plural only)
- childishpluralplural onlyThe hands.
His mom spoke in the happy singsong voice of a children’s TV show host. “No, no, Marty. Poopy is dirty. Let’s wash your handsies.”
2013, Tim Green, chapter 7, in Force Out, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, page 23 - informalpluralplural onlyFlirtatious or lascivious touching.
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“handsies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handsies. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “handsies,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handsies.
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