Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [hand wawk]
- /hænd wɔk/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [hand wawk]
- /hænd wɔk/
Definition of hand-walk word
- verb with object hand-walk to carry (a memorandum, check, or other document) from one person or office to another so as to assure prompt delivery. 1
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Parts of speech for Hand-walk
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hand-walk popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Synonyms for hand-walk
verb hand-walk
- urge — to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
- hasten — to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- facilitate — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
- assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- accelerate — If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
Antonyms for hand-walk
verb hand-walk
- delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
- slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
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Matching words
- Words starting with h
- Words starting with ha
- Words starting with han
- Words starting with hand
- Words starting with handw
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- Words starting with handwalk
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