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panhandle

Syllables: pan·han·dle/ˈpænˌhæn.dəl//ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/

panhandle noun: the handle of a pan.

Noun

panhandle (plural panhandles)

  1. The handle of a pan.
  2. (US) An area within a nation or subnational division that appears to stick out or project when viewed on a map; an especially elongated salient.
  3. The handle that activates an ejector seat.
    • The Captain Keith Handscomb was the occupant of that ejector seat and the only survivor; his narrow escape was by just being able to reach the seat panhandle with his third and fourth fingers of his left hand.2007, Roger Brooks, Handley Page Victor, volume 2

Verb

panhandle (third-person singular simple present panhandles, present participle panhandling, simple past and past participle panhandled)

  1. (US, intransitive) To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a homeless or vagrant person.
    • I had a white cane, but I never used it. Once, alone and lost in downtown Washington, I unfolded it, immediately sweating as I felt hundreds of eyes shift onto me. A man who was panhandling grabbed me and showed me the way home.2014 May 30, Will Butler, “The Mark of Cane”, in The New York Times Magazine
  2. (figuratively, transitive, uncommon) To elicit; to attempt to obtain or provoke a certain response or answer.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Panhandle

Panhandle

  1. A city, the county seat of Carson County, Texas, United States.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Panhandle

the Panhandle

  1. The Alaskan Panhandle.

panhandle meaning in Tamil

panhandle in Tamil

இருப்புச் சட்டியின் கைப்பிடி

Forms of panhandle

Noun
pluralpanhandles
Verb
third-person singular presentpanhandles
present participlepanhandling
past participlepanhandled
pastpanhandled

Plural of panhandle: panhandles

Origin of panhandle

From pan + handle.

Probable back-formation from panhandler.

From its central location in the Texas Panhandle.

Words formed from panhandle

Phrases with panhandle

Questions about panhandle

What does panhandle mean?
Panhandle means the handle of a pan.
What is panhandle in Tamil?
Panhandle in Tamil is இருப்புச் சட்டியின் கைப்பிடி. See Panhandle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is panhandle?
Panhandle can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce panhandle?
Panhandle is pronounced /ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/ (UK).
What is the plural of panhandle?
The plural of panhandle is panhandles.

Words near panhandle in the dictionary

  1. pangulus
  2. Pangwa
  3. Pangwe
  4. Pangæa
  5. PANH
  6. panhandle
  7. Panhandle State
  8. panhandle track
  9. panhandle tracks
  10. panhandled
  11. panhandler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: panhandle (page history and authors); Panhandle (page history and authors); panhandle (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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