side-hand

verb

To move by placing the palm of the hand on top and sliding sideways.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person side-hands · participle present side-handing · participle past side-handed · past side-handed

  1. transitiveTo move by placing the palm of the hand on top and sliding sideways.

    He side-handed the wafer back across the desk into Remy's lap.

    1990, James Luceno, Illegal Alien, →ISBN, page 123
    2 more examples

    The conspirators grabbed up the candy-cup wrappings that had been carefreely strewn about, took turns tearing off pieces of the box, and side-handed them into the storm sewer across the street.

    1956, UVM: V. 4- - Volume 1, page 27

    Mitzi side-handed a pile of prints off the table and set a plate down on his side of it.

    2014, Ron Goulart, Too Sweet to Die, →ISBN

Origin

From side + hand.

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Cite this entry
APA

side-hand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/side-hand

MLA

“side-hand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/side-hand. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “side-hand,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/side-hand.

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