(informal) Prone to touching other people with one’s hands, especially inappropriately. || (golf) Moving the hands and wrists excessively when making a stroke or swing,
Pictures are surfacing of the two kissing and getting all handsy with one another.
She comes back and says that he got a bit too handsy for her, so she dumped him and walked out.
The teen stars were photographed holding hands, laughing, and getting handsy with each other.
Easy to use, useful. || Nearby, within reach. || (dialect) dexterous, skilful || Of a freight ship: having a small cargo capacity (less than 40,000 DWT); belonging to the handysize class.
At least there’s a phone handy to text for an ambulance when they finish up under a 40-tonne truck.
This handy and useful volume, Authors, Texts, Issues, is meant to fill the void by supplying such material.
The fast bowler, who is also handy with the bat, was the only youngster from the area to be picked for the county team following trials last month.
When he displays his handiness with a temperamental car, he is offered a job on the spot.
A handiness for visualizing in six dimensions or for abstracting the motion of a pendulum favors an agility of mind but apparently has little to do with anything else.
Expert native authorities have a very high opinion of the handiness of Hazara slave girls.
(transitive) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively. || (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct. || (transitive, obsolete) To manage. || (transitive, obsolete) To seize; to lay hands on. || (transitive,极少使用) To pledge by the hand; to handfast. || (transitive, nautical, said of a sail) To furl. || (intransitive, obsolete) To cooperate.
I was just about to bend over and pick it up when who should hand it to me but John himself.
At the end of a long line was Santa Claus, who would hand presents to the children after greeting them.
Nor do I intend to hand the will over to the court until the last possible moment.
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1.A person or group that is very difficult to deal with or control.
‘the kids could be such a _handful_ ’
‘He is a _handful_ alright, they have a legitimate big man again.’
2.A quantity that fills the hand.
‘a small _handful_ of fresh coriander’
‘The 20-year-old star had to opt for a close-cropped style when her hair started falling out in horrifying _handfuls_ , but she is desperate to have flowing long hair once again..’
3.A small number or amount.
‘only a _handful_ of people were in the pub’
‘A strut, a bit of attitude, a _handful_ of sexy dance moves and the pop world is yours.’
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‘the kids could be such a _handful_ ’
