hands-on

1. 1.

   involving active participation

   “he's a hands-on manager”

   “hands-on operations”

   Similaractive

Questions about hands-on

What does hands-on mean?

hands-on means "involving active participation".

How many syllables are in hands-on?

hands-on has 2 syllables: hand-s-on. The stress falls on "s-on". In IPA it is /ˌhænˈzɔn/.

Is hands-on a common word?

hands-on is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.