cack-handed — ► ADJECTIVE Brit. informal 1) inept; clumsy. 2) derogatory left handed … English terms dictionary
cack-handed — 1. lacking skill with your hands. Rob made a cack handed attempt to fix the door and now it won t close at all. She doesn t strike me as the practical sort she s a bit cack handed. 2. lacking skill in the way that you deal with people. What… … New idioms dictionary
cack-handed — [19] Cack comes from a 15thcentury dialect verb meaning ‘defecate’, which probably came from Middle Dutch cacken. It goes back via Latin cacāre to an ultimate Indo European base *kak , from which a lot of other Indo European languages get words… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
cack-handed — adj British clumsy, inept. The term originally meant left handed, probably deriving from the idea of handling cack (excrement). Although the connection seems obvious, this expression is probably too old to be influenced by reports of the Muslim… … Contemporary slang
cack-handed — [[t]kæ̱k hæ̱ndɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as cack handed, you mean that they handle things in an awkward or clumsy way. [BRIT, INFORMAL] Liz may be good at her job, but she is cack handed. Syn: clumsy … English dictionary
cack-handed — UK [ˌkækˈhændɪd] / US [kækˈhændəd] adjective British informal someone who is cack handed does not do things in a skilful way and often drops or damages things … English dictionary
cack-handed — cack hand·ed (kăkʹhănʹdĭd) adj. Chiefly British 1. Left handed. 2. Awkward; clumsy. [Perhaps from Old Norse keikr, bent backwards; akin to Danish keite, left handed.] * * * … Universalium
cack-handed — cack hand|ed [ˌkæk ˈhændıd] adj BrE informal [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from Old Norse keikr bent backwards ] careless and tending to drop things, or badly done = ↑clumsy … Dictionary of contemporary English
cack-handed — cack hand·ed … English syllables
cack-handed — adj. colloq. 1 awkward, clumsy. 2 left handed. Derivatives: cack handedly adv. cack handedness n. Etymology: dial. cack excrement … Useful english dictionary
