1. In another moment Jaffers, cutting short some statement concerning a warrant, had gripped him by the handless wrist and caught his invisible throat.

2. Manus ` hand 'amanous ` handless' an - enteron ` intestine 'Anenterous ` without intestines' an - oura ` tail 'anura ` tailless' an - ōps ` eye 'anopsy ` eyeless' VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 3

3. Princeton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed (adj) lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

4. Bungling: 1 adj lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands “a Bungling performance” Synonyms: bumbling , butterfingered , ham-fisted , ham-handed , handless , heavy-handed , left-handed maladroit not adroit adj showing lack of skill or aptitude “a Bungling workman” Synonyms: clumsy , fumbling , incompetent unskilled not having