hour hand
noun
the hand that indicates the hours on a clock or watch.
hour hands
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pluralof hour hand.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The minute and hour hands are touted as reversible, “to suit your personal style.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2019
As this public inquest rolled into its second hour, hands were still popping up: passionate activists with questions, observations and irritations about an election that went badly wrong.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2017
That solemn judgment echoes through the works of several modern historical theorists, who point like hour hands to the parallel decline of the modern West.
From Time Magazine Archive
The current in turn powers a tiny integrated circuit, which emits pulses that regulate either standard minute and hour hands or a digital display.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though the figuring of the dial was too distant to be made out, the black lines of the minutes and hour hands could be seen approaching one another.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
