Definitions for handle

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handle han·dle

Spelling: [han-dl]

IPA: /ˈhæn dl/

Handle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in handle (adehln).

Definitions for handle

noun

1. a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
2. that which may be held, seized, grasped, or taken advantage of in effecting a purpose:
3. Slang. a person's name, especially the given name. a person's alias, nickname, or code name. a username, as on a social media website: a name or term by which something is known, described, or explained.
4. the total amount wagered on an event, series of events, or for an entire season or seasons, as at a gambling casino or in horse racing:
5. the total amount of money taken in by a business concern on one transaction, sale, event, or series of transactions, or during a specific period, especially by a theater, nightclub, sports arena, resort hotel, or the like.
6. hand (def 27).
7. Informal. a way of getting ahead or gaining an advantage:

Idioms

1. fly off the handle, Informal. to become very agitated or angry, especially without warning or adequate reason:
2. get / have a handle on, to acquire an understanding or knowledge of:

verb (used with object)

1. to touch, pick up, carry, or feel with the hand or hands; use the hands on; take hold of.
2. to manage, deal with, or be responsible for:
3. to use or employ, especially in a particular manner; manipulate:
4. to manage, direct, train, or control:
5. to deal with (a subject, theme, argument, etc.):
6. to deal with or treat in a particular way:
7. to deal or trade in:

verb (used without object)

1. to behave or perform in a particular way when handled, directed, managed, etc.:

Origin of handle

before 900; (noun) Middle English handel, Old English hand(e)le, derivative of hand; (verb) Middle English handelen, Old English handlian (cognate with German handlen

Examples for handle

Something was wrong; it would not turn; she drew it out and tried the handle.

The judges who handle arraignments at criminal court in all five boroughs have a small fraction of their usual caseloads.

People always have to perceive the problems before them, including many unexpected nuances, and decide how to handle them.

Cool enough to handle and then remove the skin and the roots.

Yet, what my peers do not realize – or cannot handle – is that rejection is a necessary part of forging a romantic relationships.

Not bragging, but come on, most guys my age can handle maybe one or two in one night.

The question, he said, was one for a responsible Ministry alone to handle.

They are "safe, because they are too filthy to handle, and too noisome even to approach."

This tassel is for catching the blood and preventing it from greasing the handle.

Privilege can be a hard concept to get a handle on, especially for those who are immersed in it and reaping the benefits.