"throw hands" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: throws hands [present, singular, third-person], throwing hands [participle, present], threw hands [past], thrown hands [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> hands}} throw hands (third-person singular simple present throws hands, present participle throwing hands, simple past threw hands, past participle thrown hands)
  1. (informal, intransitive) To come to blows, fistfight. Tags: informal, intransitive Categories (topical): Boxing, Violence Related terms: catch hands [slang], run hands [slang]
    Sense id: en-throw_hands-en-verb-b82lqPru Disambiguation of Boxing: 61 39 Disambiguation of Violence: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 94 6 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 94 6
  2. (informal, intransitive) To box. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-throw_hands-en-verb---e45hI8

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for throw hands meaning in English (2.4kB)

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