Handsy

Quick meaning: Handsy is an adjective meaning (informal) Prone to touching other people with one's hands, especially in an inappropriate or sexual manner.

Meaning

(informal) Prone to touching other people with one's hands, especially in an inappropriate or sexual manner.

More Meanings

1. (golf) Moving the hands and wrists excessively when making a stroke or swing.

Example Sentences

At a wiry 5 feet 9 inches and 140 pounds, with a handsy, almost ungainly swing, Pavin lacked the power and solid technique that have been the foundation of success for most of the game's elite players.

Her breakout was the 2017 production “Nate” (available as a Netflix special) in which she played a toxic, handsy bro who drove a motorcycle onstage, guzzling beers, groping audience members and creating chaos.

"Listen up." Nate nodded at Angela's root beer. "That's what you should drink on your date with Patrick the Prick. So you'll be alert if he gets all handsy with you." "He won't get handsy. We're just having coffee."

A more pressing struggle is the one Crystal Castles have to contend with each night: feral fanboys who use Glass' aggressiveness as an excuse to get handsy. "They usually get a mic stand to the head," says Glass, with a shrug […].

Word Forms

• handsier
• handsiest

Synonyms for handsy

Depending on context, synonyms include groping, tactile, touchy-feely.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include touchy, gropeable, tender-handed, gropy, sticky-fingered, fondlesome.

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