panhandle
See also: Panhandle
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
panhandle (plural panhandles)
- The handle of a pan.
- (cartography, US) On a map, any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan.
- The three counties that form the Oklahoma panhandle were originally part of the Cimarron Strip.
- The very wide Texas panhandle butts up, at its north, against the Oklahoma panhandle.
- The Florida panhandle is the area west, along the Gulf coast, of the Florida Peninsula.
- Part of Fairfield County, Connecticut constitutes a panhandle, extending into Bronx County, New York.
- The Alaska Panhandle is that portion of the state to the south of Yakutat.
- (aviation) The handle that activates an ejector seat.
- 2007, Roger Brooks, Handley Page Victor (volume 2)
- 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)
Synonyms
- (projection): salient
Translations
handle of a pan
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any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
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Etymology 2
Probable back-formation from panhandler.
Verb
panhandle (third-person singular simple present panhandles, present participle panhandling, simple past and past participle panhandled)
- (US) To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a bum.
Translations
beg for money
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