handie
handie is the alternative form of handy.
Meaning of handy
Noun (1)
handy (plural handies)
- The hand.
- Clap, clap handies
Mammie's wee, wee ain.1916, Blanche Fisher Wright, The Real Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme Illustration
- Clap, clap handies
Noun (2)
handy (plural handies)
Noun (3)
handy (plural handies)
- (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
Forms of handie
| plural | handies |
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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
Source and license
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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