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ONE-HANDED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does one-handed mean?
• ONE-HANDED (adjective)
The adjective ONE-HANDED has 1 sense:
1. having or using a single hand
Familiarity information: ONE-HANDED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or using a single hand
Context example:
a one-handed backetball shot
Similar:
handed (having or involving the use of hands)
Context examples
“By Heaven, it is my orders!” cried Nelson, snatching it up and fumbling with it in his awkward, one-handed attempt to break the seals.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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