handprint

English

Etymology

From hand +‎ print.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhænd.pɹɪnt/

Noun

handprint (plural handprints)

  1. A visible mark left on a surface by the contact of a hand, not limited to fingerprints.
    The floor was covered with handprints, footprints, and pawprints.
    • 1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 58:
      Vera was made to dip her hand into the bird's blood and then make a handprint on a sheet of paper while the witches all chanted some mumbo-jumbo.
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