Handle

  • 41handle — I Australian Slang 1. title in front of a name; 2. person s name; 3. beer glass with a handle; 4. contents of such a glass; 5. accept without being shocked, annoyed, etc.; accept (something) well: Handle it, will ya? II Inglish (Indian English)… …

    English dialects glossary

  • 42handle — [OE] Etymologically, a handle is nothing more or less than ‘something to be held in the hand’. Likewise the verb handle, together with Germanic relatives like German handeln and Swedish handla, began life as ‘hold, touch, feel with the hands’… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 43handle —    1. to embrace a woman sexually    Literally, to hold with the hands:     A did in some sort indeed handle women. (Shakespeare, Henry V, and not of a pimp)    The obsolete English dialect use was not euphemistic:     In love making, where the… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 44handle — 1. verb 1) the equipment must be handled with care Syn: hold, pick up, grasp, grip, lift; feel, touch, finger; informal paw 2) a car that is easy to handle Syn: control, drive, steer …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 45handle — [OE] Etymologically, a handle is nothing more or less than ‘something to be held in the hand’. Likewise the verb handle, together with Germanic relatives like German handeln and Swedish handla, began life as ‘hold, touch, feel with the hands’… …

    Word origins

  • 46handle — See: FLY OFF THE HANDLE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 47handle — See: FLY OFF THE HANDLE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 48handle — See handle, manage …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 49handle — ● ►en / h*n d*l/ n. m. ● 1. ►PROG Valeur numérique identifiant un objet informatique (e. g. une fenêtre ou un fichier), et permettant donc sa manipulation ou sa gestion (to handle en anglais). ● 2. ►SOC Syn. de pseudonyme …

    Dictionnaire d'informatique francophone

  • 50handle — f ( an/ an) handle …

    Old to modern English dictionary