BIG HAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does big hand mean? 

• BIG HAND (noun)
  The noun BIG HAND has 1 sense:

1. points to the minutes

  Familiarity information: BIG HAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIG HAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Points to the minutes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

big hand; minute hand

Hypernyms ("big hand" is a kind of...):

hand (a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece)

 Context examples 

The pleasant curves about his mouth were the memorials of many friendly words and cheery laughs, his eyes were never cold or hard, and his big hand had a warm, strong grasp that was more expressive than words.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)