Definitions for handlebar

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handlebar han·dle·bar

Spelling: [han-dl-bahr]

IPA: /ˈhæn dlˌbɑr/

Handlebar is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 415 anagrams from letters in handlebar (aabdehlnr).

Definitions for handlebar

noun

1. Usually, handlebars. the curved steering bar of a bicycle, motorcycle, etc., placed in front of the rider and gripped by the hands. handlebar moustache.
2. a bar or rod, usually of metal and having a handle at one end, used for handling, guiding, or maneuvering some object.

Origin of handlebar

First recorded in 1885-90; handle + bar¹

Examples for handlebar

I stopped to drink from the bag on my handlebar every few miles.

Winter thought the other had recognized the man crouched over the handlebar.

The handlebar was wrenched out of my hands and I was thrown with great force over it and on to the bank at the side.

And again, there was taking the hand or hands off the handlebar, a thing simple in itself, but complex in its consequences.

"Thank you," said Puss, hanging the shoe over his handlebar and setting off once more.

Freckles shot over the handlebar and coasted down the trail on his chest.

Peter pushed the carriage aimlessly about for a little while, never letting go of the handlebar.

At every five or ten miles a stop is made to drink water from the bag on the handlebar.