handle
Meaning of handle
verb
- feel or manipulate with the hands.
heavy paving slabs can be difficult to handle
people who handle food
- manage (a situation or problem).
a lawyer's ability to handle a case properly
- drive or control (a vehicle).
he was going too fast and couldn't handle the car
- the part by which a thing is held, carried, or controlled.
a holdall with two carrying handles
- a name or nickname.
that's some handle for a baby
a former Washington DJ whose handle was ‘Fat Daddy’
- the feel of goods, especially textiles, when handled.
fabrics with a softer handle
- the total amount of money bet over a particular time or at a particular event.
the monthly handle of a couple of casinos in Las Vegas
- a large bottle in which spirits are sold, typically holding a half gallon.
a handle of Jim Beam
Old English handle (noun), handlian (verb), from hand.
Information about handle
- The plural form of handle is: handles.
- Languages in which handle is used:
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Hyphenation of handle
han-dle
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- handle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
handle synonyms
Meaning grip:
Meaning manage:
Meaning treat:
Meaning cover:
cover, treat, plow, deal, address
Meaning palm:
Meaning wield:
Meaning seize and hold firmly:
Meaning raise to a higher position or level:
Meaning examine or search by touch:
Meaning come into or be in contact with:
Meaning touch or feel with the fingers:
Meaning press, move, or touch (something) with one's thumb:
Meaning (of an animal) feel or scrape with a paw or hoof:
Meaning determine the behaviour or supervise the running of:
Meaning operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle:
Meaning guide or control the movement of (a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft), for example by turning a wheel or operating a rudder:
Meaning (of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system):
Meaning handle or control (a tool, mechanism, information, etc.) in a skilful manner:
Meaning the handle of a knife, axe, or spear:
Meaning a person's leg, especially the part from the knee to the ankle:
Meaning the part of a rifle or other firearm to which the barrel and firing mechanism are attached, held against one's shoulder when firing the gun:
Meaning a long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar:
Meaning the handle of a weapon or tool, especially a sword, dagger, or knife:
Meaning the handle of a weapon or tool:
Meaning a push or blow, especially one given with the head:
Meaning a ball-shaped handle on a door or drawer:
handle antonyms
Meaning the upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs:
Meaning the flat cutting edge of a knife, saw, or other tool or weapon:
Translation of handle
- Spanish: mango, oreja, asa, manejar, tocar, manipular, llevar, conducir, guiar, dirigir, gerenciar
- French: poignée, toucher, manier, manipuler, tripoter, gérer
- German: Henkel, umgehen
- Italian: manico, toccare, manipolare, maneggiare, gestire, trattare, dirigere
- Portuguese: gerir
Anagrams of handle
Words that rhyme with handle
Mandle, Panhandle, Randle, bandle, brandle, candle, crankhandle, dandle, doorhandle, footcandle, manhandle, mishandle, overhandle, pandle, panhandle, prehandle, pumphandle, randle, rehandle, spandle, stickhandle, tandle, wandle, pendle, sendle, trendle, Brindle, Grindle, akindle, bindle, brindle, dindle, dwindle, enkindle, grindle, inkindle, kindle, miskindle, multispindle, nucleospindle, outswindle, prekindle, rekindle, rindle, shindle, sindle, spindle, swindle, trindle, twindle
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