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handwriting
[hand-rahy-ting]
noun
writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
a style or manner of writing by hand, especially that which characterizes a particular person; penmanship.
an eccentric handwriting.
a handwritten document; manuscript.
handwriting
/ ˈhændˌraɪtɪŋ /
noun
writing by hand rather than by typing or printing
a person's characteristic writing style
that signature is in my handwriting
Word History and Origins
Origin of handwriting1
Idioms and Phrases
handwriting on the wall, a premonition, portent, or clear indication, especially of failure or disaster: Also writing on the wall.
The company had ignored the handwriting on the wall and was plunged into bankruptcy.
Example Sentences
Jokes around the notoriously bad handwriting of many doctors that can only be deciphered by pharmacists are common in India, as around the world.
She said the administration would be open to a handwriting expert reviewing the signature on the letter.
Sitting in her living room, it is impossible to miss a white wall adorned in black handwriting.
“My dad’s handwriting was terrible. He looked like he should have been a doctor. You can hardly read anything he wrote. My mother had perfect penmanship,” she continued.
There was another troubling detail: Martinez had cashed a $109 check he said Baker had given him, but a handwriting expert determined that Baker’s signature was forged.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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