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handle
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?hæn.dl?/
- Hyphenation: han?dle
- Rhymes: -ænd?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English handel, handle, from Old English handle (“a handle”), from handlian (“to handle, feel, deal with, discuss”). See verb below. Cognate with Danish handel (“a handle”).
Noun
handle (plural handles)
- The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
- They overturned him to all his interests by the sure but fatal handle of his own good nature.
- (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
- (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
- (slang) A name, nickname or pseudonym.
- (slang) A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.
- (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A 10 fl oz (285 ml) glass of beer in the Northern Territory. (See also pot and middy for other regional variations.)
- (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol. (Called a sixty in Canada.)
- 2014, Ray Stoeser, Josh Cuffe, Bury My Body Down By the Highway Side, page 83:
- Josh bought a fifth of Evan Williams for Andrew as a token of gratitude and Ray, because of the financial constraints, purchased the cheapest handle of whiskey he could find: Heaven Hill.
- 2014, Ray Stoeser, Josh Cuffe, Bury My Body Down By the Highway Side, page 83:
- (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
- (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
- (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
Hyponyms
- (part of an object held in the hand when used or moved): bail (bucket, kettle, pitcher), haft (tool, weapon), hilt (sword), knob, stail (tool), stilt (plough)
Derived terms
Related terms
- give a handle
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (handoru)
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English handlen, from Old English handlian (“to handle, feel, deal with, discuss”), from Proto-Germanic *handl?n? (“to take, grip, feel”), equivalent to hand +? -le. Cognate with West Frisian hanneljen, hanljen (“to handle, treat”), Dutch handelen (“to handle, deal, act, negotiate”), German handeln (“to act, trade, negotiate, behave”), Swedish handla (“to buy, trade, deal”), Icelandic höndla (“to handle”).
Verb
handle (third-person singular simple present handles, present participle handling, simple past and past participle handled)
- (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
- Happy, ye leaves! when as those lilly hands [...] Shall handle you.
- Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh.
- (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
- 1679, William Temple, An essay upon the advancement of trade in Ireland.
- The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to house and handle their colts for at least six months every year.
- 1679, William Temple, An essay upon the advancement of trade in Ireland.
- (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
- 1976, Mel Hallin Bolster, Crazy Snake and the Smoked Meat Rebellion, page 66
- Light on his feet for a big man, he handled the rifle like a pistol.
- 1976, Mel Hallin Bolster, Crazy Snake and the Smoked Meat Rebellion, page 66
- (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
- (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
- (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Envy
- We will handle what persons are apt to envy others...
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Envy
- (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
- (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
- (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
- 2014, Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene, Learning Agile: Understanding Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban ?ISBN:
- For example, a program that loads data from a file needs to handle the case where that file is not found.
- 2014, Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene, Learning Agile: Understanding Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban ?ISBN:
- (intransitive) To use the hands.
- They [idols made of gold and silver] have hands, but they handle not
- (soccer, intransitive) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
- (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- hand
Translations
Anagrams
- Dahlen, Handel
Alemannic German
Verb
handle
- (Uri) to stroke the teats of a dairy cow until they fill with milk
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse handla, h?ndla, from h?nd (“hand”). In the sense trade influenced by from Middle Low German handelen and German handeln.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hanl?/, [?hanl?]
Verb
handle (imperative handl, infinitive at handle, present tense handler, past tense handlede, perfect tense har handlet)
- act (to do something)
- trade, shop
German
Verb
handle
- inflection of handeln:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse handla and German handeln
Pronunciation
Verb
handle (imperative handl or handle, present tense handler, passive handles, simple past and past participle handla or handlet, present participle handlende)
- to act (do something)
- to deal, trade, to do business
- to shop (visit shops)
Derived terms
- forhandle
- handletur
- handling
References
- “handle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- handla
Etymology
From Old Norse handla and German handeln
Verb
handle (present tense handlar, past tense handla, past participle handla, passive infinitive handlast, present participle handlande, imperative handl)
- to act (do something)
- to deal, trade, to do business
- to shop (visit shops)
Derived terms
- forhandle
- handletur
- handling
References
- “handle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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chouse
English
Etymology 1
Probably from Turkish çavu?. Doublet of chiaus.
Alternative forms
- chiaus (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??a??s/
Verb
chouse (third-person singular simple present chouses, present participle chousing, simple past and past participle choused)
- (obsolete, transitive) To cheat, to trick.
- c. 1824-1829, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations, 1853, J. Forster (editor), The Works of Walter Savage Landor, Volume 1, page 29,
- I cannot think otherwise than that the undertaker of the aforecited poesy hath choused your Highness; for I have seen painted, I know not where, the identically same Dian, with full as many nymphs, as he calls them, and more dogs.
- c. 1824-1829, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations, 1853, J. Forster (editor), The Works of Walter Savage Landor, Volume 1, page 29,
Synonyms
- (cheat): cheat, trick
Noun
chouse (plural chouses)
- (obsolete) One who is easily cheated; a gullible person.
- (obsolete) A trick; a sham.
- (obsolete) A swindler.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
- By this hand of flesh,
Would it might never write good court-hand more,
If I discover . What do you think of me,
That I am a chouse?
- By this hand of flesh,
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms
- chowse
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??a??s/
Verb
chouse (third-person singular simple present chouses, present participle chousing, simple past and past participle choused)
- (US, of cattle) To handle roughly, as by chasing or scaring.
- (US, regional) To handle, to take care of.
- (transitive, US, regional) To cause undesirable activity in livestock, such as running. [from late 19th c.]
Translations
References
- chouse at OneLook Dictionary Search
- chouse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- chouse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- "chouse" in Walter W. Skeat, ed., An etymological dictionary of the English language, New ed., Oxford: The Clarendon press, 1910. p. 108. ?OCLC.
- "chowse" in Stephen Skinner, Thomas Henshaw, ed., Etymologicon Linguae Anglicanae (in Latin), London: T. Roycroft, 1671, page unnumbered. ?OCLC.
Anagrams
- ouches
Champenois
Noun
chouse
- (Auve) thing
References
- Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne?[2] (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 109
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