Definition von -handed im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- Preceded by an adjective, having a manner described by that adjective
heavy-handed.
- Preceded by an adjective, having a hand or hands described by that adjective
two-handed.
- -handedly
- Suffix used to make words which end in -handed into adverbs
- back-handed compliment
- Alternative spelling of backhanded compliment
- back-handed compliments
- plural form of back-handed compliment
- black-handed gibbon
- a primate in the Hylobatidae or gibbon family
- black-handed gibbons
- plural form of black-handed gibbon
- cack-handed
- back-handed
- cack-handed
- left-handed
- cack-handed
- clumsy
- clean-handed
- innocent
- clean-handed
- candid
- dab-handed
- very proficient
He is dab-handed at cricket.
- empty-handed
- Having given or received nothing
- empty-handed
- Having nothing to give
- even-handed
- Treating fairly
The questioners are not even-handed in dealing with the candidates.
- ham-handed
- Clumsy, heavy, or inept; not delicate, light or gentle
Some of the dishes arrived damaged after their ham-handed moving efforts.
- handed
- Simple past tense and past participle of hand
- handed
- Having a peculiar or characteristic hand
- handed
- With hands joined; hand in hand
- handed down
- Simple past tense and past participle of hand down
- handed in
- Simple past tense and past participle of hand in
- handed off
- Simple past tense and past participle of hand off
- handed out
- Simple past tense and past participle of hand out
- heavy-handed
- Excessive
Do not be too heavy-handed with the salt.
- heavy-handed
- Extreme; unnecessarily forceful
They issued a heavy-handed new censorship law.
- high-handed
- Using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others
- left-handed
- Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise
- left-handed
- Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand
- left-handed
- Of or pertaining to one who uses his or her left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, his or her right
- left-handed
- Awkward or maladroit
- left-handed compliment
- A complimentary remark which is ambiguous or ineptly worded, so that it may be interpreted as having an unflattering or dismissive sense
In a somewhat left-handed compliment, UN Secretary-General U Thant described Russia's new bosses as competent and unpretentious..
- left-handed specialist
- A left-handed relief pitcher who specializes in getting left-handed or poor right-handed switch batters out
- mob-handed
- as a member of a group, especially one with violent or threatening intent
- off-handed
- Note that, according to Partridge, 'off-handed is unnecessary for off-hand; off-handedly is unnecessary for off-hand. These terms may be written as one word.'
- off-handed
- negligent, neglectful, careless, unmindful, inattentive, uncaring, insouciant, indifferent, casual, slapdash, lax, perfunctory, superficial, sluttish, untidy, slovenly, uncircumspect
- open-handed
- Generous; giving freely
In an open-handed gesture, he bought drinks for everyone.
- red-handed
- In the act of wrongdoing
His mother caught him red-handed, reaching into the cookie jar.
- right-handed
- Intended to be worn on, or used by the right hand
- right-handed
- Turning or spiralling from left to right; clockwise
- right-handed
- Of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
- right-handed
- Of a particle for which the direction of its spin is the same as the direction of its motion
- short handed
- having fewer players than are normally involved in a game of that type
With only six players that Texas hold 'em game is short handed.
- short-handed
- Lacking sufficient people or staff, as for a given task or job
They frequently found themselves short-handed on weekends.
- short-handed
- Having, or occurring during an interval with, fewer than a full complement of players on the field, rink, or other venue of play
His final goal was short-handed and came with less than two minutes left.
- single-handed
- in a single-handed manner
- single-handed
- without help from others; unassisted
- single-handed
- designed for only one hand
- single-handed
- using only one hand
- two-handed
- operated by two people
- two-handed
- operated by both hands at once
- two-handed
- ambidextrous
- two-handed
- having two hands
- left-handed
- using the left hand or arm more dexterously than the right
- high-handed
- Someone having or showing no regard for the rights, concerns, or feelings of others
- catch someone red-handed
- catch someone in the middle of an action
- cack-handed
- disapproval If you describe someone as cack-handed, you mean that they handle things in an awkward or clumsy way. the cack-handed way they handled the incident. = clumsy. careless and tending to drop things, or badly done = clumsy (Perhaps from keikr )
- handed
- {a} using or joining hands, conveyed, conducted
- bare-handed
- 1. without gloves 2. without tools or weapons: "fight an animal bare-handed"
- four-handed
- designed for four hands "a four-handed piano piece"
- four-handed
- engaged in by four persons "a four-handed card game"
- ham handed
- ham fisted
- be caught red-handed
- be caught while committing a deed, be caught in action, be trapped or captured while doing something wrong
- came back empty-handed
- returned with nothing, returned with no results
- caught him red-handed
- caught him in the middle of an action
- caught red handed
- caught in the act, caught at the very moment the act was being committed, caught at the very moment of commiting a crime
- clean handed
- innocent of bad actions, innocent, not guilty, free from guilt, blameless
- clean-handed
- innocent of wrongdoing
- double handed
- {s} having two hands; deceptive; deceitful; misleading
- empty handed
- just as he came, bringing or carrying away nothing
- empty-handed
- If you come away from somewhere empty-handed, you have failed to get what you wanted. Delegates from the warring sides held a new round of peace talks but went away empty-handed. without getting what you hoped or expected to get return/come back etc empty-handed
- empty-handed
- carrying nothing in the hands having acquired or gained nothing; "the returned from the negotiations empty-handed
- even handed
- {s} just, equitable, fair; just and impartial; treating each person justly and in an equal manner
- even-handed
- even-handed in AM, also use evenhanded If someone is even-handed, they are completely fair, especially when they are judging other people or dealing with two groups of people. an even-handed approach to the war on drugs = balanced. giving fair and equal treatment to everyone
- free-handed
- generous; liberal, wasteful
- ham-handed
- not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H Vorse
- handed
- having or involving the use of hands; "a handed, tree-living animal"; "a four-handed card game"
- handed
- {s} having a hand or hands; of or pertaining to the use of a particular hand; pertaining to the number of participants in a game
- handed
- having or involving the use of hands; "a handed, tree-living animal"; "a four-handed card game
- handed in a paper
- turned in a composition to a teacher
- handed in his resignation
- resigned from the position, quit his job
- handed out
- gave out, distributed
- handed-down
- having been passed along from generation to generation; "among Biblical critics a tralatitious interpretation is one received by expositor from expositor
- heavy handed
- oppressive, harsh; clumsy
- heavy-handed
- unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"
- heavy-handed
- not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H Vorse
- heavy-handed
- unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition
- heavy-handed
- disapproval If you say that someone's behaviour is heavy-handed, you mean that they are too forceful or too rough. heavy-handed police tactics. taking too much action or extreme action, especially without thinking about other people's feelings
- high-handed
- {s} domineering; arrogant; pushy
- high-handed
- given to haughty disregard of others
- high-handed
- disapproval If you say that someone is high-handed, you disapprove of them because they use their authority in an unnecessarily forceful way without considering other people's feelings. He wants to be seen as less bossy and high-handed. + high-handedness high-handedness They have been accused of secrecy and high-handedness in their dealings. using your authority in an unreasonable way
- horny handed
- {s} having callous hands from work
- left empty-handed
- left with nothing, left with no results
- left handed
- using the left hand more skillfully than the right
- left handed blow
- hard hit using the left hand, punch with the left hand
- left-handed
- ironically ambiguous; "a left-handed compliment"
- left-handed
- (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior
- left-handed
- Someone who is left-handed uses their left hand rather than their right hand for activities such as writing and sports and for picking things up. There is a place in London that supplies practically everything for left-handed people. right-handed Left-handed is also an adverb. My father thought that I'd be at a disadvantage if I wrote left-handed
- left-handed
- (of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"
- left-handed
- using or intended for the lefts hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors"
- left-handed
- rotating to the left
- left-handed
- using or intended for the lefts hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors
- left-handed
- not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H Vorse
- left-handed pitcher
- a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
- light-handed
- and generally unobtrusive"- New Yorker
- light-handed
- moving delicately; carrying a light burden
- light-handed
- having a metaphorically delicate touch; "the translation is
- light-handed
- light-handed
- open-handed
- generous, giving
- red handed
- {s} in the act, at the very moment the act was being committed
- red-handed
- doing something reprehensible or showing clear evidence of having done something reprehensible; "he was caught red-handed
- red-handed
- If someone is caught red-handed, they are caught while they are in the act of doing something wrong. My boyfriend and I robbed a store and were caught red-handed. catch sb red-handed to catch someone at the moment when they are doing something wrong
- red-handed
- in the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act; "caught red-handed"
- red-handed
- doing something reprehensible or showing clear evidence of having done something reprehensible; "he was caught red-handed"
- right handed
- with the right hand; toward the right hand; in a clockwise direction;(Sports) from the right to the left
- right handed
- {s} using the right hand; carrying out with the right hand; spiraling clockwise; dextrorotatory; (Sports) swinging from the right to the left
- right-handed
- using or intended for the right hand; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors
- right-handed
- Someone who is right-handed uses their right hand rather than their left hand for activities such as writing and sports, and for picking things up. left-handed Right-handed is also an adverb. I batted left-handed and bowled right-handed. a right-handed person uses their right hand for writing, throwing etc left-handed
- right-handed
- rotating to the right
- right-handed
- using or intended for the right hand; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors"
- right-handed pitcher
- (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand
- short handed
- {s} short of workers, understaffed, inadequately staffed, undermanned, not having enough employees
- short-handed
- inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc
- short-handed
- inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc ; "they're rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded and understaffed hospitals"
- short-handed
- "they're rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded and understaffed hospitals
- short-handed
- If a company, organization, or group is short-handed, it does not have enough people to work on a particular job or for a particular purpose. We're actually a bit short-handed at the moment. = short-staffed
- single handed
- alone, by himself, without help
- single-handed
- unsupported by other people
- single-handed
- without help from others; "a single-handed accomplishment"
- single-handed
- without assistance; "I built this house single-handedly"
- single-handed
- unsupported by other people without assistance; "I built this house single-handedly
- single-handed
- If you do something single-handed, you do it on your own, without help from anyone else. I brought up my seven children single-handed
- sure-handed
- sure-handed enough to turn out top-drawer scripts
- sure-handed
- proficient and confident in performance; "promising playwrights
- swift-handed
- is active, is constantly doing something, is swift
- two-handed
- requiring two hands or designed for two people; "a two-handed sledgehammer"; "a two-handed crosscut saw"; "a machine designed for bimanual operation
- two-handed
- equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon"
- two-handed
- requiring two hands or designed for two people; "a two-handed sledgehammer"; "a two-handed crosscut saw"; "a machine designed for bimanual operation"
- two-handed
- A two-handed blow or catch is done using both hands
- two-handed
- {s} being in control of both hands
- two-handed backhand
- a backhand shot made holding the racquet in both hands
- two-handed saw
- a handsaw intended for use by two people
- was caught red-handed
- was caught while performing the deed, his misconduct was found out