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handholding

noun

Meaning

  1. The holding of hands.
  2. Strong personal support or reassurance.
  3. Holding hands.
  4. (by extension, of a couple) Deeply and ostentatiously in love.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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