quick hands
Nimble, speedy grip
Quick hands describes the ability to move one's hands with speed and dexterity.
In sports, it refers to a player who can catch, steal, or handle a ball faster than opponents can react: The point guard's quick hands created three turnovers.
Beyond athletics, quick hands suggests manual skill—a pickpocket's nimble fingers or a dealer shuffling cards.
Someone with quick hands reacts and manipulates objects before others can respond.
- nimbleQuick and light-moving
- deftSkillful and quick
- agileLimber and quick-moving
- sleightDexterous trickery
- magicianPerformer of illusions
pickpocket · sticky fingers · juggling · reflexes · catching · grabbing · snatching · swift · lightning · prestidigitation · card tricks · magic trick · dexterity · fingers · palming · thief · snatch and grab · goalkeeper
- ball skillsdribbling, crossover, ball control, stepover, throwing
- hockey skillspuck handling, stickhandling, deke, deking, dangle
- volleysvolley, half volley
- wicketkeepingwicketkeeper, keeper, stumping, byes, catches
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Clumsy dropper of things
all thumbs · ham-fisted · ham-handed · heavy-handed · stiff fingers
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