openhand

See also: open-hand

English

Etymology

open + hand

Verb

openhand (third-person singular simple present openhands, present participle openhanding, simple past and past participle openhanded)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
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