handsies

noun — 2 senses

handsies

noun

Etymology From hand + -sies.

1

Childish The hands.

  • His mom spoke in the happy singsong voice of a children’s TV show host. “No, no, Marty. Poopy is dirty. Let’s wash your handsies.”2013, Tim Green, chapter 7, in Force Out, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, page 23:
2

Informal Flirtatious or lascivious touching.

Related terms
handie, handy

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