(informal) don't touch! / (nautical, historical) cut off a hand: decreed by old admiralty law as punishment for pulling a knife during a fight with a shipmate.

Tending not to interfere with people's (employees', subjects', etc.) decisions and actions.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hand off

(idiomatic) To give somebody credit or praise.

present participle of glad-hand

The act of one who glad-hands.

A warm welcome offered to a guest by a host. / A coupling device used on semi-trailer trucks for attaching air brake lines from the tractor to the trailer.

(transitive) To be overly friendly with (a stranger) in order to gain an advantage. / To extend a glad hand (to someone); to welcome warmly.

plural of soft hand / (chiefly sports) The hands in a relaxed state, especially for a batsman to play with a dead bat, or for a fielder to catch the ball without it bouncing out.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see top, hand. / (cricket) The batsman's hand that is further up the handle; used for control rather than power.