EGAVE

panhandle

About 0.43 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The handle of a pan.
  2. noun An area within a nation or subnational division that appears to stick out or project when viewed on a map; an especially elongated salient.
  3. noun The handle that activates an ejector seat.
  4. verb To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a homeless or vagrant person.
  5. verb To elicit; to attempt to obtain or provoke a certain response or answer.

Similar words

pocket tongue enclave beg oblast handgrip swing handle jackhandle paddle frying pan

Often followed by

of and eastern to in is was region state

Word family

panhandled panhandler panhandlers panhandles panhandling

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