second hand



second hand

from another person or source, not directly from personal experience or observation. I wasn't present at the meeting. I heard about it at second hand. Frank tells stories about the Gulf War, but he got them second hand. He wasn't actually in the desert with the troops.
See also: hand, second

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Giordanojor-DAH-noItalian
TerÉZ-Hungarian
Ziba (2)-Biblical
Lenora-English
Iakobos-Biblical Greek
LemminkÄInen-Finnish Mythology