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glove

Definition

  • noun: a covering for the hand that has separate parts for each finger
  • noun: a covering for the hand having separate sections for each of the fingers and the thumb and often extending part way up the arm
  • verb: to cover with or as if with a glove
  • often used figuratively in the phrases 'take off the gloves' and 'the gloves are off' to say that people are beginning to criticize or attack each other in a very harsh and direct way
  • synonyms: gauntlet, muffler, muffle

Examples

  • The candidates have 'taken off the gloves' and started to make personal attacks against each other.

  • School reform is a sensitive issue, and many politicians treat it 'with kid gloves'.

  • We are working 'hand in glove' with the police to recover the stolen property.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) She was wearing a hand-knitted wool hat. Mom! Dad! Well, in fact, today she didn't wear her scarf. But she did wear pink gloves, and she has a beige canvas schoolbag, and it's got... Mom? No! No! (..)
    2009 The Lovely Bones
  • (..) That's your new hat, sweetie. Wow, Mom, I thought you'd given up knitting. No, I'm still knitting. You want me to make you one, too? - Do you have your gloves with you? - Yes! Could you put them on, please, young lady? Susie! Susie, put your hat on! It's cold. Holiday, inside! (..)
    2009 The Lovely Bones