side-hand

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English

Etymology

From side +‎ hand.

Verb

side-hand (third-person singular simple present side-hands, present participle side-handing, simple past and past participle side-handed)

  1. (transitive) To move by placing the palm of the hand on top and sliding sideways.
    • 1956, UVM: V. 4- - Volume 1, page 27:
      The conspirators grabbed up the candy-cup wrappings that had been carefreely strewn about, took turns tearing off pieces of the box, and side-handed them into the storm sewer across the street.
    • 1990, James Luceno, Illegal Alien, →ISBN, page 123:
      He side-handed the wafer back across the desk into Remy's lap.
    • 2014, Ron Goulart, Too Sweet to Die, →ISBN:
      Mitzi side-handed a pile of prints off the table and set a plate down on his side of it.