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handbags

handbags noun: an insignificant fight or argument. Also the plural of handbag.

Noun

handbags

  1. (UK, slang) An insignificant fight or argument.
    • "It was just a scuffle in a pub, a bit of… handbags. Nine times out of ten, people are nice to us."2011, Daniel Sperling, Ant McPartlin: 'Pub scuffle was just handbags', Digital Spy

Interjection

  1. (UK, slang) Said jocularly in response to a particularly derogatory, bitchy or catty dialogue; calm down; cool it.
    • !
    • Person A: Not another cheeseburger, Marcia?
    Synonyms:
    meow

Also used as

handbags is also the plural of handbag.

handbags is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of handbag.

handbags meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

handbags in Hindi

हैंडबैग, हैंडबैग्स

handbags in Tamil

கைப் பைகள், கைப்பைகள்

handbags in Marathi

हातपुड्या, हाताच्या पिशव्या

handbags in Urdu

ہینڈ بیگز, ہاتھ کے تھیلے
More languagesFewer languages
handbags in Bengali
হ্যান্ডব্যাগ, হ্যান্ডব্যাগগুলি, হাতব্যাগ
handbags in Telugu
హ్యాండ్బ్యాగులు, చేతి సంచులు, హ్యాండ్బ్యాగ్స్
handbags in Malayalam
ഹാൻഡ് ബാഗുകൾ, ഹാൻഡ്ബാഗുകൾ
handbags in Kannada
ಕೈಚೀಲಗಳು, ಹ್ಯಾಂಡ್ಬ್ಯಾಗ್ಗಳು
handbags in Punjabi
ਹੱਥ ਦੇ ਥੈਲੇ, ਹੱਥ-ਥੈਲੇ, ਹੈਂਡਬੈੱਗ
handbags in Gujarati
હાથની થેલીઓ, હેન્ડબેગ્સ
handbags in Odia
ହ୍ଯ଼ାଣ୍ଡବ୍ଯ଼ାଗ୍, ହ୍ଯ଼ାଣ୍ଡବାଗ୍, ହ୍ଯ଼ାଣ୍ଡବ୍ଯ଼ାଗ
handbags in Nepali
ह्यान्डब्यागहरू, हातब्यागहरू

Synonyms of handbags

Origin of handbags

From handbag + -s. In the sense of fight, a clipping of handbags at dawn or handbags at ten paces (1980s).

Phrases with handbags

Questions about handbags

What does handbags mean?
Handbags means an insignificant fight or argument.
What is handbags in Hindi?
Handbags in Hindi is हैंडबैग, हैंडबैग्स. See Handbags meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is handbags?
Handbags can be a noun or an interjection.

Words near handbags in the dictionary

  1. handbaggers
  2. handbagging
  3. handbaggings
  4. handbaggy
  5. handbagless
  6. handbags
  7. handbags at dawn
  8. handbags at ten paces
  9. handbagsful
  10. handbake
  11. handbalance

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handbags (page history and authors); handbags (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); handbags (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); handbags (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); handbags (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); handbags (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); handbags (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); handbags (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); handbags (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); handbags (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); handbags (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); handbags (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); handbags (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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