"soft hands" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-soft hands.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p|head=soft hands}} soft hands pl (plural only)
  1. plural of soft hand Tags: form-of, plural, plural-only Form of: soft hand
    Sense id: en-soft_hands-en-noun-ALHzdCRs
  2. (chiefly sports) The hands in a relaxed state, especially for a batsman to play with a dead bat, or for a fielder to catch the ball without it bouncing out. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Sports, Cricket
    Sense id: en-soft_hands-en-noun-RQ4eHaMC Disambiguation of Cricket: 35 65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 88 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 89 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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