Handle

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English

Noun

Handle (plural Handles)
  1. A part of an object which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.
  2. That of which use is made; an instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool.
  3. (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
    The daily handle of a Las Vegas casino is typically millions of dollars.
  4. (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
  5. (Australian, New Zealand) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. See also pot, middy for other regional variations.
  6. (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
    This article describes how to find the module name from the window handle.
  7. (US) a 1.75-liter (half-gallon) bottle of alcohol

Verb

Handle (third-person singular simple present handles, present participle handling, simple past and past participle handled)

  1. (intransitive) To use the hands.
    • They have hands, but they handle not - Psalm 115:7
  2. To touch; to feel with the hand.
    • Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh - Luke 24:39
  3. To use or hold with the hand.
  4. To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.
    • That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper - Shakespeare, King Lear, IV-vi
  5. To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
    • The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to house and handle their colts six months every year - Sir W. Temple
  6. To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock
  7. To deal with; to make a business of.
    • They that handle the law knew me not - Jeremiah, 2:8
  8. To treat; to use, well or ill.
    • How wert thou handled being prisoner - Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I, I-iv
  9. To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.
    • You shall see how I'll handle her - Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, V-i
  10. To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.
    • We will handle what persons are apt to envy others - Francis Bacon
  11. (soccer) To touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
    • 2011 Les Roopanarine Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke
    Robert Huth handled a Bentley shot, only for the offence to go unnoticed.

Noun

Handle (plural Handles)
  1. (slang) A name, nickname or pseudonym.

Adjectives for Handle

knob; lever; hollow; detachable; composition; substantial.

Verbs for Handle

clasp—; clutch—; deprive of—; fly off—; grab—; grasp—; grip—; hold by—; manage—; manipulate—; nab—; operate—; snatch—; twist—; —controls; —protrudes; —regulates.

Synonyms for Handle

manipulate, finger, manage, operate, wield, feel, use, ply, direct, manage, negotiate, cope, touch, deal, treat.

Derived terms

Related terms

Thesaurus

accomplish, act toward, administer, aim, air, alibi, analyze, apology, appellation, appellative, apply, be in, be responsible for, bed, bed down, behave toward, bestow, bilge, binomen, binomial name, blain, bleb, blind, blister, blob, boss, bow, brandish, break, bridle, brush, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, button, buy and sell, byname, byword, cahot, call the signals, canvass, captain, care for, caress, carry, carry on, carry out, carry through, chart a course, chine, cloak, clump, cognomen, color, come in contact, command, comment upon, complete, cond, conduct, condyle, conn, consider, contend with, control, controvert, convex, cope with, cover, cover story, cover-up, coxswain, criticize, cryptonym, curry, currycomb, deal by, deal in, deal with, debate, deliberate, deliberate upon, denomination, descant, designation, device, direct, discharge, discourse, discourse about, discuss, dispatch, dispense, dispose of, dissert, dissertate, do by, do with, dominate, dowel, drench, drive, ear, employ, empty title, enact, engineer, epithet, eponym, euonym, examine, exchange views, excuse, execute, exercise, exert, exploit, facade, feed, feel, feel of, feint, finger, flange, flap, flick, flourish, fodder, fondle, front, gall, gentle, gloss, gnarl, go into, govern, grasp, grip, groom, guide, guise, haft, harness, have the conn, head, head up, helm, helve, hill, hilt, hitch, hold, honor, honorific, hump, hunch, hyponym, inquire into, investigate, job, jog, joggle, knob, knock around, knot, knur, knurl, label, lame excuse, lay, lead, lead on, level, lip, litter, locus standi, loop, lump, make, make go, make the rules, make use of, manage, maneuver, manipulate, market, mask, mastermind, merchandise, milk, mole, moniker, mountain, name, namesake, navigate, nevus, nomen, nomen nudum, nub, nubbin, nubble, officer, operate, order, ostensible motive, oversee, palm, palpate, papilloma, pass under review, pat, paw, peg, perform, perform on, pilot, play, ply, point, poke at, poor excuse, practice, prescribe, pretense, pretension, pretext, prod, proper name, proper noun, protestation, public motive, pull the strings, put-off, quarterback, rap, reason, reason about, reason the point, refuge, regulate, remark upon, respond to, retail, review, rib, ridge, ring, rub down, run, saddle, scientific name, screen, secret name, see to, sell, semblance, serve, shake, sham, shape a course, shoulder, show, sift, skipper, smoke screen, sobriquet, spine, stalking-horse, steer, steward, stratagem, stud, study, style, subterfuge, supervise, survey, swing, tab, tackle, tag, take, take care of, take command, take the lead, take up, talk, talk about, talk of, talk over, tame, tap, tautonym, tend, test, thresh out, thumb, title, touch, touch upon, trade in, traffic in, train, transact, treat, treat of, trick, trinomen, trinomial name, try, tubercle, tubercule, twiddle, use, utilize, varnish, veil, ventilate, verruca, vesicle, wale, wart, water, wave, welt, wholesale, wield, work, write up, yoke

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English handlen, Old English handian; akin to Dutch handelen (“to trade”), German handeln. See hand

Etymology 2

Originally Cornish-American, from Cornish hanough (“name”), later hanow (pronounced han'of or han'o).

Translations

Noun

part of an object which is held in the hand when used or moved
that of which use is made
gross amount of wagering
topological space
10 fl oz glass of beer
(computing) A reference to an object or structure

Verb

to use the hands
to feel with the hand
to use or hold with the hand
to manage skillfully
to take care of, with the hands
to receive and transfer
to deal with; to make a business of
to treat; to use, well or ill
to manage; to control; to practice skill upon
to use or manage in writing or speaking
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Noun

nickname

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse handla, hǫndla, from hǫnd (“hand”). In the sense trade influenced by from Middle Low German handelen and German handeln.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hanlə/, [ˈhanlə]

Verb

Handle (imperative handl, infinitive at handle, present tense handler, past tense handlede, past participle har handlet)

  1. act (to do something)
  2. trade, shop

German

Verb

handle

  1. First-person singular present of handeln.
  2. Imperative singular of handeln.
  3. First-person singular subjunctive I of handeln.
  4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of handeln.

Norwegian

Verb

Handle

  1. act (to do something)
  2. trade, shop (to visit shops)


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