Hands-free

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hands-free phone.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not requiring one's hands to use. not-comparable

    "Debate has raged over whether Glass and smartglasses like it have any viable real-world use cases for consumers, or are more interesting to businesses where workers need hands-free access to information."

Synonyms

All synonyms
remote

Example

More examples

"Hospital staff often pin watch fobs to their clothing so that checking the time can be a hands-free activity."

Etymology

From hands + -free.

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