adj
Meaning 1
Having only one hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
one-handed
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adj
Meaning 2
Performed using only one hand.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 3
Designed for use with one hand
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 4
Designed for use with one hand
Pornographic in nature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, specifically
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adj
Meaning 5
That uses one hand.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 6
Involving the actions of only one person.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 7
Chiral, having an asymmetric structural orientation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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adv
Meaning 8
Using only one hand; one-handedly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- She waved to us and lost her balance; riding a bicycle one-handed is tricky.
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adv
Meaning 9
Using only one hand; one-handedly.
While masturbating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, humorous, not-comparable, often
Examples
- The kind of story that you just know was written one-handed
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adv
Meaning 10
Very easily, without effort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, not-comparable
Examples
- He's a terrible snooker player. I could beat him one-handed!
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adjective satellite
Meaning 11
having or using a single hand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- one-handed golfers
- a one-handed backetball shot
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History
Etymology
From Middle English on-handed, variant of Middle English on-hande, onehand, from Old English ānhende (“one-handed”). By surface analysis, one + handed. Compare German einhändig (“one-handed”), Swedish enhänt, en-handad (“one-handed”), Icelandic einn-hönd (“one-handed”).
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: еднорък (ednorǎk) — having only one hand
- Catalan: manc — having only one hand
- French: manchot — having only one hand
- Galician: toco — having only one hand
- Galician: manco — having only one hand
- Galician: coto — having only one hand
- Hebrew: גידם (gidem) — having only one hand
- Hungarian: félkezű — having only one hand
- Icelandic: einhentur — having only one hand
- Irish: leathláimhe — having only one hand
- Irish: leathlámhach — having only one hand
- Italian: con una mano — having only one hand
- Latin: ūnimanus — having only one hand
- Old English: ānhende — having only one hand
- Polish: jednoręki — having only one hand
- Portuguese: maneta — having only one hand
- Spanish: manco — having only one hand
- Swedish: enhänt — having only one hand
- Ottoman Turkish: چولاق (çolak) — having only one hand
- Ottoman Turkish: قولاق (kolak) — having only one hand
- Bulgarian: за една ръка (za edna rǎka) — using only one hand
- German: einhändig — using only one hand
- Old English: ānhende — using only one hand
- Swedish: enhands- — using only one hand
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