"hands off" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: Handsoff.ogg [UK] Forms: more hands off [comparative], most hands off [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} hands off (comparative more hands off, superlative most hands off)
  1. Tending not to interfere with people's (employees', subjects', etc.) decisions and actions. Translations (not interfering with others' decisions and actions): عَدَمُ ٱلتَّدَخُّلِ (ʕadamu t-tadaḵḵuli) [masculine] (Arabic), 放手的 (fàngshǒu de) (Chinese Mandarin), 不干涉的 (bùgānshè de) (Chinese Mandarin), laat maar doen (Dutch), mittesekkumis (Estonian), puuttumaton (Finnish), sekaantumaton (Finnish), laissez-faire (French), tun lassen (German), lassista (Italian), permissivo (Italian), 傍観的 (bōkan-teki) (alt: ぼうかんてき) (Japanese), de não interferência/envolvimento (Portuguese), não-intervencionista (Portuguese), தலையிடாத (talaiyiṭāta) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-hands_off-en-adj-I2ygTZqp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hands-off [adjective]

Interjection

Audio: Handsoff.ogg [UK] Forms: hands off ! [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-interj|head=hands off!}} hands off!
  1. (informal) don't touch! Tags: informal Translations (don't touch!): mos prek! (Albanian), shporru! (Albanian), اِرْفَعْ يَدَكَ (irfaʕ yadaka) [masculine] (Arabic), اِرْفَعي يَدَكِ [feminine] (Arabic), قلع يدك (glaʕ yeddak) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), 勿動手! (Chinese Mandarin), 勿动手! (wù dòngshǒu!) (Chinese Mandarin), 不許碰! (Chinese Mandarin), 不许碰! (bù xǔpèng!) (Chinese Mandarin), ruce pryč! (Czech), nesahat! (Czech), afblijven! (Dutch), niet aanraken! (Dutch), käed eemale! (Estonian), irti! (Finnish), näpit irti! (Finnish), pas touche ! (French), bas les pattes ! (French), Finger weg! (German), Hände weg! (German), κάτω τα χέρια! (káto ta chéria!) (Greek), el a kezekkel! (Hungarian), ne nyúlj hozzá! (Hungarian), giù le mani! (Italian), giù le zampe! (Italian), 触るな! (sawaru na!) (alt: さわるな!) (Japanese), തൊടരുത്! (toṭarutŭ!) (Malayalam), tira as mãos! (Portuguese), tira a mão! (Portuguese), ру́ки прочь! (rúki pročʹ!) (Russian), да̏ље руке! [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), не ди́рати! [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), dȁlje ruke! [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ne dírati! [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ¡saca las manos! (Spanish), inte röra! (Swedish), bort med händerna! (Swedish), bort med tassarna! (Swedish), தொடாதே! (toṭātē!) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-hands_off-en-intj-qjV5gOx9 Disambiguation of "don't touch!": 100 0
  2. (nautical, historical) cut off a hand: decreed by old admiralty law as punishment for pulling a knife during a fight with a shipmate. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (cut off a hand!): hand af! (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-hands_off-en-intj-WqrWZdyh Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'cut off a hand!': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hands-off [adjective]

Verb

Audio: Handsoff.ogg [UK]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} hands off
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hand off Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: hand off
    Sense id: en-hands_off-en-verb-B370kors Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 0 32 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hands-off [adjective]

Alternative forms

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        "(nautical, historical) cut off a hand: decreed by old admiralty law as punishment for pulling a knife during a fight with a shipmate."
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "mos prek!"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "shporru!"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "irfaʕ yadaka",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِرْفَعْ يَدَكَ"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "اِرْفَعي يَدَكِ"
    },
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      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "glaʕ yeddak",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "قلع يدك"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "勿動手!"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wù dòngshǒu!",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "勿动手!"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "不許碰!"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bù xǔpèng!",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "不许碰!"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "ruce pryč!"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "nesahat!"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "afblijven!"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "niet aanraken!"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "käed eemale!"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "irti!"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "näpit irti!"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "pas touche !"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "bas les pattes !"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "Finger weg!"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "Hände weg!"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "káto ta chéria!",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "κάτω τα χέρια!"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "el a kezekkel!"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "ne nyúlj hozzá!"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "giù le mani!"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "giù le zampe!"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さわるな!",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sawaru na!",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "触るな!"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "toṭarutŭ!",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "തൊടരുത്!"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "tira as mãos!"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "tira a mão!"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rúki pročʹ!",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "ру́ки прочь!"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "да̏ље руке!"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "не ди́рати!"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "dȁlje ruke!"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ne dírati!"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "¡saca las manos!"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "inte röra!"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "bort med händerna!"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "bort med tassarna!"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "toṭātē!",
      "sense": "don't touch!",
      "word": "தொடாதே!"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cut off a hand!",
      "word": "hand af!"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hands off"
}

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      "roman": "ʕadamu t-tadaḵḵuli",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "不干涉的"
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      "word": "laat maar doen"
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      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "not interfering with others' decisions and actions",
      "word": "mittesekkumis"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not interfering with others' decisions and actions",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not interfering with others' decisions and actions",
      "word": "sekaantumaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not interfering with others' decisions and actions",
      "word": "laissez-faire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not interfering with others' decisions and actions",
      "word": "tun lassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not interfering with others' decisions and actions",
      "word": "lassista"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not interfering with others' decisions and actions",
      "word": "permissivo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぼうかんてき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bōkan-teki",
      "sense": "not interfering with others' decisions and actions",
      "word": "傍観的"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not interfering with others' decisions and actions",
      "word": "de não interferência/envolvimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not interfering with others' decisions and actions",
      "word": "não-intervencionista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "talaiyiṭāta",
      "sense": "not interfering with others' decisions and actions",
      "word": "தலையிடாத"
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