wet hands
Just washed up
Wet hands are hands dampened with water or other liquid.
The phrase appears most often in instructions—wet hands before handling the dough—or explanations of difficulty: I couldn't grip the jar with wet hands.
Having wet hands makes some tasks harder (opening doors, holding tools) and others easier (shaping sticky foods, smoothing surfaces).
- dampSlightly wet
- moistSlightly wet
- slipperyLacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- towelAbsorbent fabric for drying
- paper towelDisposable absorbent cleaning sheet
air dry · soap · bar of soap · wash · washing dishes · dripping · clammy · pruney · grip · lose grip · slick · palm · fingers · rinse · dry · faucet · sink · sweaty
- catch-and-releasecatch-and-release, tag and release, proper grip, dehooking, stress reduction