handlebar

English

Handlebars on a bicycle.

Etymology

handle +‎ bar

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhændəlbɑː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhændəlbɑːɹ/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

handlebar (plural handlebars)

1. (chiefly in the plural) The bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicle using the hands.
2. (chiefly in the plural, slang) Xanax.
   • 2023 May 5, “​superstar” (track 11, 0:04 from the start), in Destroy Lonely (lyrics), If Looks Could Kill‎^[1]:

     Got a stick in the passenger in my car
     She ride on the dick with no handlebars
     Came a long way from poppin' them Xanax bars

   • 2022 June 27, “Swing Ya Pole” (track 7, 2:05 from the start), in Summrs (lyrics), FALLEN RAVEN‎^[2]:

     I want a big double R, no, I don't pop handlebars

Derived terms

• drop handlebar
• handlebar moustache

Translations

bar for steering

• Afrikaans: stuur (af)
• Arabic: مِقْوَد (ar) m (miqwad)
• Armenian: ղեկ (hy) (ġek)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: руль m (rulʹ), стырно́ n (styrnó), стыр m (styr)
• Breton: barrenn-stur (br) f
• Bulgarian: велосипедно кормило n (velosipedno kormilo)
• Catalan: manillar m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 車把／车把 (zh) (chēbǎ)

• Danish: styr (da) n, cykelstyr (da) n
• Dutch: stuur (nl) n, fietsstuur (nl) n (of a bicycle), motorstuur n (of a motorbike)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ohjaustanko (fi)
• French: guidon (fr)
• Georgian: საჭე (sač̣e)
• German: Lenker (de) m
• Greek: τιμόνι (el) n (timóni)
• Hebrew: הגה (he) m (hége)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: setang (id)
• Irish: hanlaí m pl, lámha (ga) f pl
• Italian: manubrio (it) m
• Japanese: ハンドル (ja) (handoru), ハンドルバー (handorubā)
• Khmer: របារដៃ (rɔɔbaa day)
• Korean: 손잡이 (ko) (sonjabi)
• Lao: ເຂົາລົດ (lo) (khao lot)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: hānara
• Mongolian: жолоо (mn) (žoloo)
• Norman: manchelles f pl
• Occitan: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: kierownica (pl) f
• Portuguese: guidom m, guidão (pt) m, guiador m
• Romanian: ghidon (ro) n, mâner (ro) n
• Russian: руль (ru) m (rulʹ)
• Spanish: manillar (es) m, manubrio (es) m
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: styre (sv) n
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: ལག་འཇུ (lag 'ju)
• Turkish: gidon (tr), yönelteç (tr)
• Ukrainian: кермо́ (uk) n (kermó), ру́ль m (rúlʹ), стерно́ n (sternó)
• Vietnamese: tay lái (vi)
• West Frisian: stjoer n
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• bicycle handlebar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• motorcycle handlebar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia