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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pan•han•dle1 /ˈpænˌhændəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- the handle of a pan.
- a long, narrow strip of land that sticks out from a larger territory:the Texas panhandle.
pan•han•dle2 /ˈpænˌhændəl/USA pronunciation v., -dled, -dling. - Informal Termsto approach people passing by on the street and beg (something) from (them): [no object]panhandling on the streets.[~ + object]panhandling the businessmen; panhandled a few dollars.
pan•han•dler, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pan•han•dle1 (pan′han′dl),USA pronunciation n. - the handle of a pan.
- (sometimes cap.) a long, narrow, projecting strip of territory that is not a peninsula, esp. such a part of a specified state:the panhandle of Alaska; the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles.
pan•han•dle2 (pan′han′dl),USA pronunciation v., -dled, -dling. [Informal.]v.i. - Informal Termsto accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
v.t. - Informal Termsto accost and beg from.
- Informal Termsto obtain by accosting and begging from someone.
- 1895–1900, American; back formation from panhandler; so called from the resemblance of the extended arm to a panhandle1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: panhandle /ˈpænˌhændəl/ n - (sometimes capital) (in the US) a narrow strip of land that projects from one state into another
panhandle /ˈpænˌhændəl/ vb - US Canadian informal to accost and beg from (passers-by), esp on the street
Etymology: 19th Century: probably a back formation from panhandler a person who begs with a panˈpanˌhandler n |