Hand
Hand verb - To put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption.
Stuff
Stuff verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.
How words are described
| old | old hand | old stuff |
| good | good hand | good stuff |
| best | best hand | best stuff |
| better | better hand | better stuff |
| Other adjectives: normal, alien, free, heavy, strong, actual, real, blue, little, bad, magic, new, extra, magical. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Most of us are only really good doing stuff with a specific hand, the so-called dominant hand (usually this is the right).
Source: Heroic Ambidexterity - As well, Shirong and Zuko were reduced to hand-to-hand and bending at the time and Zuko was out cold, which was bad to use against Ty Lee, who's trained for that stuff.
Source: Fan Fic / Embers -
In The Blob (1988), a cook reaches into a plugged up sink and gets gooey pink stuff on his hand.
Source: Hand in the Hole
Cite this Source
Stuff and Hand. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hand/stuff
Hand & Stuff. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hand/stuff>.
Stuff or Hand. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hand/stuff.
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