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open-hand en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To perform an action using an open hand.
    • Often you will find yourself doing unlikely things such as crimping a sloper or open-handing a severely incut small edge. 2011, Peter Beal, Bouldering: Movement, Tactics, and Problem Solving, →ISBN:
    • If you face a little larger, or positive, edge, open-hand the hold, as it lets more of the skeletal system of the hand bear the brunt. 1997, Steve Boga, Caving, →ISBN, page 111:
    • Israel landed in county lockup in 1981 after open-handing a white guy in Waikiki. 2009, Dan Kois, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's Facing Future, →ISBN, page 31:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
open-handing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
open-hands Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
open-handed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
open-handed Tense=Past lexicographic