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handholding en · ADJ

Etymology

From hand + holding.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Holding hands.
2. (broadly, not-comparable, of a couple) Deeply and ostentatiously in love.

handholding en · NOUN

Etymology

From hand + holding.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The holding of hands.
   • “I want to fuck gender. What does that mean? It means taking gender, a beautiful, wonderful thing and rockin it just right. Most cisfolk, they're stuck holding hands. And that's not to say no cisfolk fuck gender, or that hand holding isn't its own amazing thing. […]” 2010 Spring, “The Queerest Art: Genderf*ck”, in OutWrite Newsmagazine, University of California, Los Angeles, page 7:
2. (countable, uncountable) Strong personal support or reassurance.

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