Panhandle

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The handle of a pan; hence, a long narrow strip projecting like the handle of a frying-pan.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The handle of a pan
  • intransitive verb. To accost people in a public place and ask for money; to beg.
  • transitive verb. to obtain by panhandling.
  • transitive verb. To accost in a public place and ask for money from.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The handle of a pan.
  • noun. (US) On a map, where a part of a political entity forms a longish extension such that it resembles the handle of a pan, as with a frying pan.
  • verb. To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, by a bum.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money
  • noun. a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area
  • noun. the handle of a pan
    • Word Usage
    "If the Florida panhandle is the Redneck Riviera, this is the Redneck Aspen."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    beg  geographic area  geographic region  geographical area  geographical region  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    manhandle  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Stupa  bridgehead  commix  far-extended  front  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    beg  
    verb-form
    panhandled  panhandles  panhandling  
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