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handie

handie is the alternative form of handy.

Meaning of handy

Noun (1)

handy (plural handies)

  1. (childish) The hand.
    • Clap, clap handies
      Mammie's wee, wee ain.1916, Blanche Fisher Wright, The Real Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme Illustration

Noun (2)

handy (plural handies)

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) A handgun.
    • Look left and right, when I cross these roads,
      I don’t wanna get fright
      We got handies and shotties,
      which one should you decide?2020 July 9, C1, “Even Steven”, 1:51–1:57
  2. (slang, vulgar) A hand job.
    Synonyms:
    wristy

Noun (3)

handy (plural handies)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) (mostly used by Germans) Synonym of mobile phone.
    • An important field of application for small rechargeable lithium ion batteries is that of the fast growing market of cellular phones or ‘handies’. 277,000,000 handies were sold worldwide in 1999.2000, TELESCON 2000: The Third International Telecommunications Energy Special Conference, IEEE, →ISBN, section 9 (Look at the Market), page 127

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Forms of handie

pluralhandies

Origin of handie

From hand + -ie.

Phrases with handie

Questions about handie

What is handie the alternative form of?
Handie is the alternative form of handy.

Words near handie in the dictionary

  1. handicraftsmanship
  2. handicraftsmen
  3. handicraftswoman
  4. handicraftswomen
  5. handicuffs
  6. handie
  7. handie talkie
  8. handie talkies
  9. handie-talkie
  10. handie-talkies
  11. handier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handie (page history and authors); handy (page history and authors). 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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