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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.
hands-on by VAKI5 May 18, 2005
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1. active and practical

2. controlled manually rather than automatically.
hands-on by The Return Of Light Joker November 29, 2007

hands on site 

The act of which you will fuck a nigga up as soon as you see him
Fuck drew santistevan. Hands on site nigga
hands on site by Fuck drew February 15, 2018

hands on your knees 

„Hands on your knees I’m Angelina Jolie“

Usually describes giving head
„Lemme put my hands on your knees you can braid my hair do a fat crisscross in the back somewhere“

Hands on the bat 

The opposite of Ski poles (one girl, two men- one on either side). Derived from playground baseball games when the captains put their hands on the bat to decide which team goes first. Many hands on one penis.
"I met these two tricks last night...took them back to my place and they put their hands on the bat"
Hands on the bat by Señor_Cardgage October 24, 2011

hands on deck 

someone who can fight. the type of person who'll knock ya ass out in a fight.
Try me if you want shawty, i got hands on deck.
hands on deck by Ansia August 18, 2008

Hands on hips 

Professional porn star move where the man is behind the woman with hands on hips thrusting. Usually look at the camera.
This dude is totally doing hands on hips to that chick.
Hands on hips by Meatstick1 August 17, 2007
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briefcake 

"Did you check out the briefcake in courtroom C?"
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Brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book on the fall of Richard Nixon, All The President’s Men, ratfucker was Nixon’s term for a political operative who sows chaos among opponents; an agent provocateur. It is thought to have originated among campus political rivalries at USC, and seems to have some usage in the US military.
Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.
Ratfucker by Ricky Ramjet November 2, 2017
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countrypolitan 

Term used to describe someone who is a mix of both rural (country) and urban (metropolitan) lifestyles/upbringings. He/she is typically equally comfortable in both settings and is able to seamlessly slip back and forth between the two, appreciating the characteristics of each.
That ol' gal of mine drives the 12 lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.
countrypolitan by MOChick November 7, 2006
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Witch Bath 

A bath consisting of a variety of slats, oils, soaps or any other added ingredients such as fruits, milks, herbs or any other spices for health or beautifying benifits.
She brought home alot of stuff and took it to the bathroom. She must be taking a witch bath.
Witch Bath by carnieboy30 October 26, 2020
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kinktober 

An excuse for people to write porn with different types of kinks throughout the month of October.

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That chick doesn't write often but when she does, its for Kinktober.
kinktober by Kinkiest July 12, 2018
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