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hand⋅wring⋅ing

  [hand-ring-ing]
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–noun
1. a physical expression of concern, distress, or guilt.
2. the nervous grasping or squeezing of the hands as a sign of these feelings.
Also, hand-wringing, hand wringing.

Related forms:
handwringer, noun
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hand·wring·ing or hand wringing   (hānd'rĭng'ĭng)   
n.  

  1. Clasping and squeezing of the hands, often in distress.

  2. An excessive expression of distress: handwringing by some experts over the state of the economy.

hand'wring'er, hand wringer n.
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