panhandle
1
[ pan-han-dl ]
/ ˈpænˌhæn dl /
noun
the handle of a pan.
(sometimes initial capital letter)
a long, narrow, projecting strip of territory that is not a peninsula, especially such a part of a specified state: the panhandle of Alaska; the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles.
Words nearby panhandle
pangola grass,
pangolin,
pangram,
panguingue,
pangwe,
panhandle,
panhandle state,
panhead,
panhellenic,
panhellenism,
panhoss
Definition for panhandle (2 of 2)
panhandle
2
[ pan-han-dl ]
/ ˈpænˌhæn dl /
verb (used without object), pan·han·dled, pan·han·dling.
to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
verb (used with object), pan·han·dled, pan·han·dling.
to accost and beg from.
to obtain by accosting and begging from someone.
Origin of panhandle
2
1895–1900,
Americanism; back formation from
panhandler; so called from the resemblance of the extended arm to a
panhandle1
OTHER WORDS FROM panhandle
pan·han·dler, nounExample sentences from the Web for panhandle
British Dictionary definitions for panhandle (1 of 2)
panhandle
1
/ (ˈpænˌhændəl) /
noun
(sometimes capital)
(in the US) a narrow strip of land that projects from one state into another
(in a South African city) a plot of land without street frontage
British Dictionary definitions for panhandle (2 of 2)
panhandle
2
/ (ˈpænˌhændəl) /
verb
US and Canadian informal
to accost and beg from (passers-by), esp on the street
Derived forms of panhandle
panhandler, nounWord Origin for panhandle
C19: probably a back formation from
panhandler a person who begs with a pan