Definitions for handled

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handled han·dled

Spelling: [han-dld]

IPA: /ˈhæn dld/

Handled is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 136 anagrams from letters in handled (addehln).

Definitions for handled

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:

adjective

1. fitted with or having a handle or handles, especially of a specified kind (often used in combination):

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 handled

First recorded in 1775-85; handle + -ed³

Examples for handled

"The cable would have handled that end of it, I guess," she said, succinctly.

All these things and anything that develops from them shall be handled carefully.

The violence was turned up to 11, but the message could still have been handled with more subtlety.

A small trickle of donations from friends and family, handled by a church in Indiana, was his main source of funding.

I had handled thousands and thousands before, and never felt that way.

With better training on how specifically to deal with people with ID, the deputies might have handled the situation differently.

Treasury has said the selection process is competitive enough and the contracts are handled responsibly.

Would you be satisfied if I handled the matter quietly and in my own way?

There are not many 30-horsepower engines which can be so handled.

I think we handled it as well as we could have, given the exigencies of production.