LITTLE HAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does little hand mean? 

• LITTLE HAND (noun)
  The noun LITTLE HAND has 1 sense:

1. the shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours

  Familiarity information: LITTLE HAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITTLE HAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hour hand; little hand

Hypernyms ("little hand" is a kind of...):

hand (a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece)

 Context examples 

But I looked so serious, that Dora left off shaking her curls, and laid her trembling little hand upon my shoulder, and first looked scared and anxious, then began to cry.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Here a little hand slipped into his, and Beth looked up at him with a face full of gratitude, as she said, in her earnest yet timid way...

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

His voice was as smooth and suave as his countenance, as he advanced with a plump little hand extended, murmuring his regret for having missed us at his first visit.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Of her waving her little hand, and our going away once more.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I'm proud to shake this good, industrious little hand, and hope I shall not soon be asked to give it away.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

You know, dear; what a little hand it was to hold, and what a tiny wedding-ring it was to see!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Ashamed of his momentary pique, Laurie squeezed the kind little hand, and said frankly, I'm the one to be forgiven.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I hardly knew what I did, I was burning all over to that extraordinary extent; but I took Dora's little hand and kissed it—and she let me!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

So held, John had waited with a womanly patience till the little hand relaxed its hold, and while waiting had fallen asleep, more tired by that tussle with his son than with his whole day's work.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

She admired my horse and patted him—oh, what a dear little hand it looked upon a horse!—and her shawl would not keep right, and now and then I drew it round her with my arm; and I even fancied that Jip began to see how it was, and to understand that he must make up his mind to be friends with me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)