panhandle
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panhandle¹
- /ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From pan + handle.
noun panhandles
- The handle of a pan.
- An area within a nation or subnational division that appears to stick out or project when viewed on a map; an especially elongated salient.
- The handle that activates an ejector seat. 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.
panhandle²
- /ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/ UK, US
Where it comes from
Probable back-formation from panhandler.
verb panhandles · panhandling · panhandled
- 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. I had a white cane, but I never used it. Once, alone and lost in downtown Washington, I unfolded it, immediately sweating as I felt hundreds of eyes shift onto me. A man who was panhandling grabbed me and showed me the way home.
- To elicit; to attempt to obtain or provoke a certain response or answer.
Panhandle³
- /ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/
Where it comes from
From its central location in the Texas Panhandle.
proper noun
- A city, the county seat of Carson County, Texas, United States.
Panhandle⁴
- /ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/
proper noun the Panhandle
- The Alaskan Panhandle.
Translations
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noun handle of a pan
| Deutsch | Pfannenstiel |
|---|---|
| Русский | ча́пельник čápelʹnik, сковоро́дник skovoródnik |
noun any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
| Deutsch | Zipfel, Gebietskorridor, Landkorridor, schmaler Landabschnitt, Landzipfel, Gebietszipfel |
|---|---|
| Русский | вы́ступ výstup |
verb beg for money
| Español | pordiosear |
|---|---|
| Français | mendier, faire la manche, demander l'aumône |
| Deutsch | betteln |
| Italiano | elemosinare |
| Ελληνικά | ζητιανεύω zitianévo |
| Русский | попроша́йничать poprošájničatʹ, христара́дничать xristarádničatʹ, ни́щенствовать níščenstvovatʹ, побира́ться pobirátʹsja |
Talk about this word "panhandle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/panhandle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. panhandle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/panhandle "panhandle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/panhandle.Cite this
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title = {panhandle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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