English Explanatory Dictionary

cack-handed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Clumsy; inept.
  2. Left-handed.
  3. Back-handed.

Word forms

cack-handed more cack-handed most cack-handed cackhanded keck-handed

Etymology

From cag (“knob, stump”) + handed; cf. also cack (“excrement”).

Derived words

cack-handedly cack-handedness
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