a type of fighting or combat without weapons. The term does not preclude use of other body parts, like legs, knees, and elbows. It also doesn't require that the entire fight be stand-up combat or exclusive of ground combat, like grappling and wrestling.
Those two drunk fuckers got into some mean hand to hand combat back outside the bar.
by TheUrbanatorist2011 October 6, 2011
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A euphemism used to describe a kid who is an attention demanding jerk and allowed to behave badly wherever she goes. She wields control the over family while her parents do nothing to discourage it, in fact they may beam with pride over the behavior and even find it adorable. (See also: feisty, sparkplug, firecracker, pistol)
My 10-year old is such a feisty little firecracker, isn't she? She's the baby of the family and can be a real handful.
by croquemadame February 3, 2016
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"I just got rejected again, oh well, guess it's just me and my hand again"
by .. December 12, 2003
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A fearsome stand which has the ability to scrape away things from existence including but not limited to: air, pottery, the ground, or metal. It can also decide to bring the user closer or the object closer. It replaces things when it scrapes it away with similar things for instance
Warning. Before scrape
Waing. After scrape... not wa ing
Okuyasu: man i want the tv remote. The hand scrape air please
The hand: *scrapes the air bringing the remote closer*
Okuyasu: thanks
by ArfArfSays October 11, 2019
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hande' is so fucking awesome... she's hot, smart and concieted for doing this.
by hande October 23, 2004
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Involving active participation.

Someone with a hands-on way of doing things becomes closely involved in managing and organizing things and in making decisions.

Someone who has hands-on experience of something has done or used it rather than just read or learned about it.

"Hands-on investor" is an investor who has a large stake in a corporation and takes an active role in its management.
1.) I'm a 'hands-on' kind of manager so I don't stay in my office with the door always closed.

2.) Many employers consider hands-on experience to be as useful as academic qualifications.

3.) She's very much a hands-on manager.
by VAKI5 May 17, 2005
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