Side-handed
adj, adv, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of side-hand form-of, participle, past
- 1 Sideways from the hand. not-comparable
"Lightning drew in on his tail and I gave my lariat a side-handed pitch."
- 2 Done with the side of the hand. not-comparable
"Mallory tensed, and as the policeman passed the door, he stepped out, brought his hand over and down in a side-handed blow to the base of the neck that had every ounce of power in his shoulders behind it."
- 3 Indirect; subtle. not-comparable
"When she appeared again, she made some side-handed inquiries regarding Otto (with that gentle artifice oft employed by women); but he was gone."
- 4 Expanding. UK, not-comparable
"... with side-handed or expanding batons, so as to provide police officers with better protection against assaults by criminals."
- 1 Sideways. not-comparable
"Wading upstream, it was obvious I would have to cast side-handed and under-handed, with an occasional bow-and-arrow "shot.""
- 2 Using the side of the hand. not-comparable
"As the gunman spluttered, Towler continued the momentum of his hand to catch the man side-handed in the windpipe and, with his other hand, struck him hard in the crotch."
Example
More examples"Lightning drew in on his tail and I gave my lariat a side-handed pitch."
Etymology
From side + handed.
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