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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

  • (..) A lot of people think it's an igloo, but it's really just a plastic divider. Can you go in the bubble? Well, you have to put so many things on because of the germs. The gloves, the mask, it's a whole production. So then he makes his own bed? Well, that's one of the things we fight about. (..)
    1992 TvShow: Seinfeld Title: The Bubble Boy Season: 4 Episode 7