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right hand

1

noun

  1. the hand that is on the right side, or the side opposite that where the heart is.

  2. the right side, as of a person, especially this side considered as the side of precedence or courtesy.

  3. a position of honor or special trust.

  4. an extremely efficient or reliable person or, sometimes, tool, especially a person considered as one's assistant.



right-hand

2

[rahyt-hand]

adjective

  1. on the right.

  2. of, for, or with the right hand.

  3. most reliable, valuable, or useful, as a helper or assistant.

  4. plain-laid.

  5. Building Trades.Also

    1. (of a door) having the hinges on the right when seen from the exterior of the building, room, closet, etc., to which the doorway leads.

    2. (of a casement sash) having the hinges on the right when seen from inside the window.

right-hand

adjective

  1. of, relating to, located on, or moving towards the right

    a right-hand bend

    this car has right-hand drive

  2. for use by the right hand; right-handed

  3. one's most valuable assistant or supporter

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of right hand1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English

Origin of right hand2

adj. use of right hand
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My right hand stretched forward to make the dots and dashes where Nielson instructed, but my butt was sticking as far back into the road as it could get.

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Smith suffered a compound dislocation of the little finger on his right hand after shelling the chance and left the field to go hospital for further treatment.

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“You still have your right hand, don’t you?” she said.

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But also because the meal can be a beautiful, crunchy thing in the right hands.

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A dropped catch off his own bowling left Bashir with a gash on his right hand and the need to temporarily to leave the field.

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