little hand

English

The little hand is the shorter and slower of the two hands seen here.

Noun

little hand (plural little hands)

2. (idiomatic, children's vocabulary, primary school age) Synonym of hour hand (on a clock face).

   Antonym: big hand

   When we get to the half-hour, the little hand will be halfway between the two numbers.

4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little,‎ hand: for example, a small body part.

   Her little hands were amazingly deft. One time we needed to retrieve a bobbin from behind the machine, and she was the one who managed to grab it!