Synonym of dab hand (“expert; very skilled person”)

Synonym of foam finger

Close or nearby, in terms of distance. / Close, in terms of time.

Near spatially or temporally.

plural of hand mucker

(gambling, slang) A cheat who covertly adds or removes cards during a card game.

Alternative form of handworked / Operated by hand.

(cycling) in the madison, the act of propelling one's teammate into the race by linking hands

An undesirable influence remaining from the past.

A system capable of closing a strategic nuclear strike control loop in the absence of normal command and control channels, analogous in concept to a deadman switch, in anticipation of a decapitation strike. Implemented by the Soviet Union and by the Russian Federation as the successor state thereof.