hand rubbing
Scheming villain's tell
Hand rubbing is the gesture of rubbing one's palms together.
It can signal anticipation or eager excitement: He rubbed his hands together as dessert arrived.
When slow and deliberate, it often conveys scheming satisfaction—the villain's gesture: She was practically rubbing her hands at the thought of their downfall.
Hand rubbing also serves the practical purpose of warming cold hands or working in lotion.
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- warmthHeat you feel
- warming upPreparing body for exertion
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- schemingCrafty and calculating
plotting · master plan · evil genius · palms · glee · villainous · nervous · nervous habit · excitement · lotion · massage · cold · warming · chafing · greedy · anxious · dry · dry skin
- body percussionclapping, stomping, snapping, finger snap, foot stomp
- surface finishingpolishing, buffing, sanding, grinding, varnishing
- finishingcompleting, finalizing, finishing, done, concluded
- self-soothingdeep breathing, slow breathing, rocking, thumb sucking, hair stroking
- seizure symptomsseizure, seizures, convulsion, convulsions, shaking
hand rubbingclapping
Rhythmic palm strikes
hand clapping · applause · hand waving · fist pumping · high-fiving
hand, hands, handed, handing, handy, handful, handily, handiness, rubs