Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fill one's hand

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: fil-l one's -hand
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To draw one's handgun, especially for an armed confrontation.

American usage

Example Sentences

""Now everybody fill his hand!" shouted Mr. Hickok, pulling his 8-inch six-shooters."
""He just looks at me and says: ‘Fill your hand stranger’ and hauls out an old rusty six shooter and I take off across Lincoln Park, bullets cutting all around me.""
""Fill your hand, you sonuvabitch," the old lawman cries, clamping the reins of his horse between his teeth and filling his own hands with six-gun and repeater."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

fills one's hand (present, singular) filling one's hand (participle, present) filled one's hand (participle, past) filled one's hand (past)

Synonyms

slap leather

Questions

What does fill one's hand mean?: To draw one's handgun, especially for an armed confrontation.

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