handprint

English

Etymology

From hand +‎ print.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhænd.pɹɪnt/

Noun

handprint (plural handprints)

1. A visible mark left on a surface by the contact of a hand, not limited to fingerprints.

   The floor was covered with handprints, footprints, and pawprints.

   • 1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 58:

     Vera was made to dip her hand into the bird's blood and then make a handprint on a sheet of paper while the witches all chanted some mumbo-jumbo.