Meanings
verbopenhand (third-person singular simple present openhands, present participle openhanding, simple past and past participle openhanded)
present singular third person openhands · participle present openhanding · participle past openhanded · past openhanded
- transitiveTo hit with an open hand.
He then openhanded him again, and Stossel went down and was nearly crying for his mum.
2002, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Robert Picarello, In The Pit With Piper, →ISBN, page 146 - only in the form "openhand it"To be openhanded.
You are caring parents who love your family; and you alone can make the decision to tighten your purse strings or to go on openhanding it.
1992, Shirley Cook, Grown-up Kids, →ISBN, page 71
Origin
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “openhand,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/openhand.
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