openhand
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See also: open-hand
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[edit]openhand (third-person singular simple present openhands, present participle openhanding, simple past and past participle openhanded)
- (transitive) To hit with an open hand.
- 2002, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Robert Picarello, In The Pit With Piper, →ISBN, page 146:
- He then openhanded him again, and Stossel went down and was nearly crying for his mum.
- (only in the form "openhand it") To be openhanded.
- 1992, Shirley Cook, Grown-up Kids, →ISBN, page 71:
- You are caring parents who love your family; and you alone can make the decision to tighten your purse strings or to go on openhanding it.