hand-hold

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hand-hold

verb hand-holds · hand-holding · hand-held · handhold

transitive To hold in the hand. You can hand-hold many professional cameras, but using a tripod may be a better idea.
figuratively, transitive To watch or attend unnecessarily closely (as if holding a child's hand to lead it along). I'm sick of having to hand-hold every new person we hire. Why can't we train them first?
Similar: babysit

noun hand-holds · handhold

alternative Alternative form of handhold

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@misc{hand_hold_2026,
  title = {hand-hold},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hand-hold},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}