hand-to-hand

adjective

Definition of hand-to-handnext
1
as in close-in

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2
as in physical

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Recent Examples of hand-to-hand Davis is seen escaping the attack and fighting in hand-to-hand combat. — Abigail Lee, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025 Weekend picks Penguin Random House Check out what NPR is watching, reading and listening to this weekend: 🍿 Movies: The action movie Love Hurts features hand-to-hand fighting and a touch of romance. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025 Danzig is a lawyer, former drill sergeant and hand-to-hand combat instructor with the Israeli Defense Forces from 1982 to 1985 as well as a New York City police officer from 1989 to 1992. — Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025 The morning’s training wouldn’t be dedicated to firing drills, marksmanship or hand-to-hand combat. — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hand-to-hand
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand-to-hand
  1. close-in
  2. physical
  3. convenient
  4. somatic
  5. handy
  6. corporeal
  7. animal
  8. corporal
Adjective
  • Some folks had been happy with their small, close-in apartments but now worked remotely and wanted more space.
    — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • And Delta launches a nonstop to its Seattle hub from the close-in airport on March 9.
    — Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2025
Definition of close-in
Adjective
  • For some, the lockdown was sprinkled with physical terror as questions arose about where to place Ebola victims.
    — Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
  • But there were also traumas owing to physical violence, poverty, and neglect, and intergenerational traumas related to their grandparents’ immigration from Korea to the United States.
    — Emily McDermott, ARTnews.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of physical
Adjective
  • Stuck to convenient methods and won’t try anything new?
    — Oleg Sadikov, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • This is one of the reasons why tuberculosis used to be a narratively convenient disease, a disease that was the subject of so many books.
    — Dylan Scott, Vox, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of convenient
Adjective
  • Katherine Bird, 48, a spiritual and somatic practitioner in New Mexico, took to the platform on January 16 to share her experience of being unmarried, without children and thriving, inspiring viewers to rethink societal expectations as a result.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Twigs also touched on how somatic healing runs through her Eusexua philosophy in an otherworldly collision on Spotify’s Countdown To podcast with singer-songwriter Imogen Heap.
    — Arimeta Diop, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Definition of somatic
Adjective
  • Deep cleaning upholstery just got a whole lot easier with this handy home appliance, which is a longtime bestseller on Amazon.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Many are immigrants who may have had another profession in their previous lives — welders, mechanics or electricians with skills that come in handy at workplaces where something always needs fixing.
    — Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of handy
Adjective
  • Into this space, curator Neville Wakefield welcomes sculptures filled with tension, sexuality, humor and corporeal spirit.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The giant's corporeal form is a welcome addition for longtime fans, as the legendary force of nature was turned into a cloud in 2007's Fantastic Four: The Rise of Silver Surfer, much to the derision of fans.
    — Devin Robertson, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Definition of corporeal
Adjective
  • However, they are immediately attacked by a ferocious creature that seems not fully animal, not fully human.
    — EW.com, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Animal lovers will enjoy horseback riding or visiting one of the area’s animal sanctuaries.
    — Katie Seemann, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2023
Definition of animal
Adjective
  • According to Us Weekly, in April 2021, Matt pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery with corporal injury of a spouse and guilty to one felony count of false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud or deceit.
    — Diane J. Cho, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Here, Jenny Kleeman pulls back the curtain on a different kind of corporal decision.
    — Longreads, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of corporal

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