BAREHANDED Definition & Meaning

barehanded

[ bair-han-did ]

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adjective

with hands uncovered:
He caught the baseball barehanded.
without tools, weapons, or other means:
foolishly coming barehanded to the besieged city.

barehanded

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adverb

without weapons, tools, etc
with hands uncovered

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Origin of barehanded¹

First recorded in 1400–50, barehanded is from the late Middle English word bare-handyd. See bare ¹, handed

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Chapman charged, barehanded the ball on a do-or-die play and fired off balance across the diamond to first, where LaMonte Wade Jr. made a difficult pick of an in-between hop for the final out.

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Mr. Moore flattened his empty, barehanded, and high-fived the others.

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The two-time Gold Glove winner has been stellar at first base in the playoffs, including a barehanded grab after a hard-hit ball by Heim hit first base in Game 2.

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The ball was caught barehanded by a man in the second row.

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The pair spent two summers practicing to get the feat down right, including using a baseball glove to help Mr. Heinig learn to catch the ball barehanded eventually.

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