Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

handsearch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hand-search
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To search manually through academic journals, etc. rather than using electronic search facilities.

Etymology

From hand + search.

Inflected Forms

handsearches (present, singular) handsearching (participle, present) handsearched (participle, past) handsearched (past)

Questions

What does handsearch mean?: To search manually through academic journals, etc. rather than using electronic search facilities.
Where does handsearch come from?: From hand + search.

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