"soft hand" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-soft hand.ogg [Australia] Forms: soft hands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soft hand (plural soft hands)
  1. (blackjack) A hand of cards that includes an ace being counted as 11.
    Sense id: en-soft_hand-en-noun-khqTjmRA Topics: blackjack, games
  2. (cricket) A grip on the bat that merely stops the ball moving towards the wicket Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-soft_hand-en-noun-8bOHuV97 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for soft hand meaning in English (1.7kB)

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