throw hands
verb
to fight using one’s fists
What does throw hands mean?
To throw hands is to fight using one’s fists.
Examples of throw hands
“Can we have a sit-down conversation, cause every conversation or every time I see something about you, it’s you disrespecting me on some type of level. And at this point, do we need to throw hands?”
—Dwight Howard, quoted in Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
People Were Throwing Hands On 2 Different Boats!
—According to Politico, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, nearly threw hands at an exclusive MAGA social club in Georgetown last week.
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Where does throw hands come from?
Throw hands is an idiom that originated in African American English, with recorded use dating back as far as 50 years. It has also been used widely in the sport of boxing.
Nevertheless, these people have endeavored to educate the citizenry as to why [Sugar Ray] Leonard is climbing into a desert boxing ring Monday night to throw hands with Marvelous Marvin Hagler.
—ROCKY BALBOA: You’re comin’ here with these people askin’ if I wanna throw hands with you?
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How is throw hands used?
Throw hands is informal English. The flip side of the phrase is catch hands, meaning “to get hit/slapped/punched/etc.”
You hate him until—bam—he’s your favorite character and anyone who says otherwise will catch hands
—everybody finna catch hands. im swinging WILDLY.
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