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panhandle en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/ (UK, US)

Etymology

From pan + handle.

Meanings

  1. The handle of a pan.
  2. (US) An area within a nation or subnational division that appears to stick out or project when viewed on a map; an especially elongated salient.
  3. The handle that activates an ejector seat.
    • The Captain Keith Handscomb was the occupant of that ejector seat and the only survivor; his narrow escape was by just being able to reach the seat panhandle with his third and fourth fingers of his left hand. 2007, Roger Brooks, Handley Page Victor, volume 2:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
panhandles Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Alaskan Panhandle · panhandle track · Panhandle

Hypernyms

salient

Translations (28)

hu kiszögellés (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan) · pl worek (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan) · is pönnuskaft (handle of a pan) · de Landzipfel (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan) · ru ча́пельник (handle of a pan) · hu földnyelv (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan) · ru вы́ступ (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan) · de Pfannenstiel (handle of a pan) · hu serpenyőnyél (handle of a pan) · cs výběžek (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan) · cy coes sosban (handle of a pan) · ru сковоро́дник (handle of a pan) · de schmaler Landabschnitt (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan) · cy estynwlad (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan) · hu serpenyő nyele (handle of a pan) · uk виступ (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan) · de Zipfel (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan) · de Gebietskorridor (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan) · fi uloke (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan) · nl koekenpannengreep (handle of a pan) · cy coes padell (handle of a pan) · de Gebietszipfel (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan) · pl cypel (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan) · nl pannengreep (handle of a pan) · bg дръжка на тенджера (handle of a pan) · fi pannun kahva (handle of a pan) · sk výbežok (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan) · de Landkorridor (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan)

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panhandle en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/ (UK, US)

Etymology

Probable back-formation from panhandler.

Meanings

  1. (US, intransitive) To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a homeless or vagrant person.
    • I had a white cane, but I never used it. Once, alone and lost in downtown Washington, I unfolded it, immediately sweating as I felt hundreds of eyes shift onto me. A man who was panhandling grabbed me and showed me the way home. 2014 May 30, Will Butler, “The Mark of Cane”, in The New York Times Magazine:
  2. (figuratively, transitive, uncommon) To elicit; to attempt to obtain or provoke a certain response or answer.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
panhandled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
panhandled Tense=Past lexicographic
panhandling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
panhandles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (21)

hu kéreget (beg for money) · el ζητιανεύω (beg for money) · hu koldul (beg for money) · fi kerjätä (beg for money) · cy begera (beg for money) · ru христара́дничать (beg for money) · fr demander l'aumône (beg for money) · cy cardota (beg for money) · fr mendier (beg for money) · es pordiosear (beg for money) · ru побира́ться (beg for money) · pl żebrać (beg for money) · bg прося по улиците (beg for money) · fr faire la manche (beg for money) · ru попроша́йничать (beg for money) · ru ни́щенствовать (beg for money) · nl bedelen (beg for money) · sv tigga (beg for money) · it elemosinare (beg for money) · de betteln (beg for money) · hy մուրալ (beg for money)

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