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"HANDLES" is a plural of: handle. |
Date "HANDLES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
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Slang | Noun. Source: Previously existing word but the players have changed the meaning and use it in a new context. Definition: Term refers to a player's ability to catch a football. Context: Used primarily when talking about a certain play or person. Social Source: University of Oregon Football Team. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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Crosswords: HANDLES |
| English words defined with "HANDLES": A pair of bellows, amphora, ampulla, ash ♦ barrow, basket, beech, beechwood, business agent ♦ carrycot, charge of quarters, Cist, Cocobolas, Coehorn, concierge, Culverin, cup, curling, cylix ♦ Darby, demijohn, Diota ♦ Fiddle pattern, fielding average, Fish strainer, Flasket ♦ garden cart, general delivery ♦ hand truck, handbarrow, handbasket, handler, Hydria ♦ jar, jump rope ♦ kylix ♦ lawn cart, loving cup ♦ malacca, Maniglion, manipulator, Mustaiba ♦ pair of tongs, parcel post, Partridge wood, pawer, Pinchers, pommel horse, poste restante, push-down storage, push-down store ♦ saucepot, scyphus, secateurs, secretarial assistant, secretary, shopping bag, side horse, skip rope, skipping rope, social secretary, stack ♦ Tazza, Tig, tongs, truck ♦ Walker, wheelbarrow, Woolder ♦ Zimmer, Zimmer frame. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "HANDLES": Mustaiba. (references) |
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Screenplays | This handles like a dream (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke) The car has low mileage and handles like a dream (Bachelor Party; writing credit: Bob Israel; Neal Israel) Be careful or six of your best friends will be carrying you by the handles. (Robin and the 7 Hoods; writing credit: David R. Schwartz) You handle those cubes like a monkey handles coconuts (Diamonds Are Forever; writing credit: Richard Maibaum) | |
Clever | It is not the employer who pays wages, he only handles the money. It is the product that pays wages. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Love Handles (1996) | |
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 | Ship's racing boat crew celebrates with cigars after a victory, circa 1913. Note the coiled line and decorated broom and mop handles. Seaman Hubert C. Rickert is seated in center holding the mop, just to the right of the cigar box. Credit: NAVY. |  | James Gallon of Greensboro, Florida, and his son James, Jr., a Navy veteran, telling Earle W. Fisher, Research Assistant, in the Washington Bureau, NAACP, how they barely escaped with their lives after a severe beating with ax handles by a Florida mob, wh. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A special automatic machine in a converted cash register factory handles the operations of countercoring, disc inserting, crimping and unloading 20mm fuses. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sticking handles on coffee cups. Shenango Pottery Works, Newcastle, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Fort Benning. Anti-tank gun crews. Crew of a 37mm anti-tank gun in training at Fort Benning, Georgia handles their pieces like oldtimers. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Tank armor production. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania. Armor plate press operator. The man who handles the 2000 ton plate-finishing press at an Eastern mill has a very responsible position. Great skill and care are required as. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. In the transparent nose of a mighty YB-17 bomber, a sergeant of a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia handles the machine gun. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Production. Blood transfusion bottles. Formerly a medical technologist, Marjorie Major handles the assembly of blood donor and dispending sets at Baxter Laboratories Inc., Glenview, Illinois. Here she assembles the tubing and valves for sets which will go. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Empty collapsible tubes: a tin mine for war industry. Joseph Schoot, age 18, tends a remelting furnace at the Newark, New Jersey, plant of the Tin Salvage Institute. This plant handles about 400,000 pounds of old tooth paste and other metal tubes each mon. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mot Tucker making ax handles in living room of his corncrib home. Antioch, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Handles 01" by Nicholas Sales Commentary: "Handles." |
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Attorney General Ramsey Clark | There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals. |
Epictetus | Everything has two handles -- by one of which it ought to be carried and by the other not. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They were armed with pick handles and shotguns |
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Health | Understand how your plan handles grievances and where to make appeals of the plan's decisions. (references) | |
You can find out from the office that handles social services in your city or county whether you are eligible for Medicaid and whether your radiation therapy is a covered expense. (references) | ||
Business | Xiamen handles nearly 113,000 TEUs on an annual basis. (references) | |
These often feature detachable handles that can be fitted to a range of tools. (references) | ||
The PWD handles about 12 solid waste landfills, which are all, operated by local firms. (references) | ||
Children | Dominica | At year's end, there were nine staff members in the social welfare office that handles all welfare problems, including complaints of child abuse. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Trinidad and Tobago | Until Parliament approves the legislation, there is no provision for persons to claim or be classified as refugees or asylum seekers; the Ministry of National Security's Immigration Division handles any such requests on a case-by-case basis, although asylum seekers may face long prison detentions. (references) |
Economic History | Syria | Handles all cases. (references) |
Human Rights | San Marino | A local conciliation judge handles cases of minor importance. (references) |
Spain | The National High Court handles crimes such as terrorism and drug trafficking. (references) | |
Netherlands | A pyramidal system of cantonal, district, and appellate courts handles both criminal and civil cases. (references) | |
Political Economy | Trinidad and Tobago | A 12-member elected House of Assembly handles local matters on the island of Tobago. (references) |
Ghana | A separate department, the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), handles cases considered critical to state security and answers directly to the executive branch. (references) | |
Austria | The highest courts of Austria's independent judiciary are the Constitutional Court, which has jurisdiction over constitutional matters; the Administrative Court, which handles bureaucratic disputes; and the Supreme Court, for civil and criminal cases. (references) | |
Trade | Burma | MEB handles foreign currency transactions in border trade regions. (references) |
Maldives | In addition, a government monopoly handles the trade of raw and frozen fish. (references) | |
China | Normally, the Chinese importer (agent, distributor or joint-venture partner) handles documentation requirements. (references) | |
Travel | Nicaragua | El Bluff has basic piers and handles limited cargo. (references) |
Burma | Myanma Five Star lines, a government shipping agency, handles such shipments. (references) | |
Tunisia | THE MAIN CONTAINER PORT AT RADES/TUNIS HANDLES MOST INCOMING AND OUTGOING SEA-FREIGHT TRAFFIC. (references) | |
Women | Jamaica | The JCF rape investigative and juvenile unit, which is headed by a female deputy superintendent, handles sex crimes. (references) |
Ghana | The police administration's Women and Juvenile Unit (WAJU) handles cases involving domestic violence, child abuse, and juvenile offenses. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Jamaica | The IDT generally handles 35 to 40 cases each year. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Rush Limbaugh | The fires that torched three nearly completed houses were all ignited by birthday candles that had been attached to the handles of plastic jugs filled with gasoline. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "HANDLES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 59.21% of the time. "HANDLES" is used about 531 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 59.21% | 315 | 16,262 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 40.79% | 217 | 20,530 |
| Total | 100.00% | 531 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "HANDLES": love handles. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "HANDLES": axe-handles, drop-handles, love-handles, mirror-handles, plough-handles, pump-handles, ring-handles, stirrup-handles, tap-handles, volute-handles. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "HANDLES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | haandtag (grip, pull grips), Haandliste (handrail, pull grips), håndtag (button, control lever, grip, hand grip, handle, key, stilt), stjært (stilt). (various references) | |
Dutch | handgrepen (pull grips), ploegstaarten (stilt), leuningen (pull grips). (various references) | |
Finnish | kurki (crane). (various references) | |
French | poignées, manie, mancherons de charrue, mancherons, mains courantes. (various references) | |
German | hantiert (plies), Handläufe (pull grips), Handgriffe (pull grips), Sterzen (stilt), Lenkholm (handlebar, stilt), Griffe (grips, hafts), behandelt (discusses, handled, medicates, treated, treats). (various references) | |
Greek | χερούλια (pull grips), χειρολαβές (pull grips, stilt). (various references) | |
Italian | stegole di aratro (stilt), stegole (stilt), manici (grips, hafts), corrimani (pull grips). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 洋品店 (shop which handles Western-style apparel and accessories). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ようひんてん (shop which handles Western-style apparel and accessories). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andleshay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | rabiças da charrua (stilt), rabiças (stilt), asas dos cabos (pull grips). (various references) | |
Russian | легко управлять (handles easily, handles good). (various references) | |
Spanish | pasamanos (banisters, rail, railing), manceras del arado (stilt), manceras (handlebar, stilt). (various references) | |
Swedish | handhar. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Song of Solomon Chapter 5, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Anesthn egw anoixai tw adelfidw mou ceireV mou estaxan smurnan daktuloi mou smurnan plhrh epi ceiraV tou kleiqrou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Surrexi ut aperirem dilecto meo manus meae stillaverunt murra digiti mei pleni murra probatissima |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | I ros, that I shulde opene to my lemman; myn hondis droppeden mirre, and my fingres ful of best proued myrre. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I rose up to open to my beloved: and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet-smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | I got up to let my loved one in; and my hands were dropping with myrrh, and my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the lock of the door. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Song of Solomon Chapter 5, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Ako mibangon sa pag-abli alang sa akong hinigugma; Ug ang akong mga kamot nagtulo sa mirra, Ug ang akong mga tudlo sa mirra nga tubig, Ibabaw sa mga kalaptan nga trangka. |
| Croatian | Ustadoh da otvorim dragome svome, a iz ruke mi prokapa smirna i poteèe niz prste na ruèku zavora. |
| Danish | Jeg stod op og åbned for min Ven; mine Hænder drypped af Myrra, mine Fingre af flydende Myrra, da de rørte ved Låsens Håndtag. |
| Dutch | Ik stond op, om mijn Liefste open te doen; en mijn handen drupten van mirre, en mijn vingers van vloeiende mirre, op de handvaten des slots. |
| Finnish | minä nousin avaamaan rakkaalleni, ja minun käteni tiukkuivat mirhaa, sormeni sulaa mirhaa salvan kädensijoihin. |
| French | Je me suis levée pour ouvrir à mon bien-aimé; Et de mes mains a dégoutté la myrrhe, De mes doigts, la myrrhe répandue Sur la poignée du verrou. |
| German | Da stand ich auf, daß ich meinem Freund auftäte; meine Hände troffen von Myrrhe und meine Finger von fließender Myrrhe an dem Riegel am Schloß. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Maka bangunlah aku hendak membuka pintu bagi kekasihku. Mur menetes dari tangan dan jari-jariku, membasahi pegangan kancing pintu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu bangunlah aku, hendak membukakan pintu akan kekasihku, maka tanganku bertitik-titik mur dan jarikupun minyak mur pada pemegangan kancing. |
| Italian | Mi sono alzata per aprire al mio diletto e le mie mani stillavano mirra, fluiva mirra dalle mie dita sulla maniglia del chiavistello. |
| Maori | I ara atu ahau ki te uaki i te tatau ki taku i aroha ai; maturuturu ana te maira i oku ringa, te maira waiwai i oku maihao ki nga puritanga o te tutaki. |
| Norwegian | Jeg stod op for å lukke op for min elskede, og mine hender dryppet av myrra, mine fingrer av flytende myrra, som vætte låsens håndtak. |
| Portuguese | Eu me levantei para abrir ao meu amado; e as minhas mãos destilavam mirra, e os meus dedos gotejavam mirra sobre as aldravas da fechadura. |
| Rumanian | M`am sculat sq deschid iubitului meu, kn timp ce de pe mknile mele picura smirnq, wi de pe degetele mele picura cea mai aleasq smirnq pe mknerul zqvorului. |
| Russian | с ЧУФБМБ, ЮФПВЩ ПФРЕТЕФШ ЧПЪМАВМЕООПНХ НПЕНХ, Й У ТХЛ НПЙИ ЛБРБМБ НЙТТБ, Й У РЕТУФПЧ НПЙИ НЙТТБ ЛБРБМБ ОБ ТХЮЛЙ ЪБНЛБ. |
| Spanish | Entonces me levanté para abrir a mi amado, y mis manos gotearon perfume de mirra. Mis dedos gotearon mirra sobre la manecilla del cerrojo. |
| Swedish | Jag stod upp för att öppna för min vän, och mina händer dröpo av myrra, mina fingrar av flytande myrra, som fuktade rigelns handtag. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "HANDLES": handless. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "HANDLES": manhandles, mishandles, overhandles, panhandles, rehandles, stickhandles. (additional references) | |
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"HANDLES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Haddlesey, hadle, hadlees, haedle, haidle, haldle, Handell, handes, handlet, handls, Handsel, Hanleys, hanple, hantle, haodle, haudle, hawdle, hindel, hindges, hindle, Hindless, hondle, sandles. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "HANDLES" (pronounced ha"ndulz) |
| 6 | -a" n d u l z | candles, sandals, scandals, vandals. |
| 5 | -n d u l z | bindles, bundles, dwindles, swindles. |
| 4 | -d u l z | beadles, befuddles, Boodles, cradles, doodles, fiddles, huddles, hurdles, idles, idols, ladles, medals, models, muddles, needles, noodles, oodles, paddles, pedals, peddles, piddles, poodles, puddles, riddles, saddles, straddles, supermodels. |
| 3 | -u l z | ables, accruals, acquittals, admirals, advertorials, agrochemicals, ambles, angels, angles, animals, ankles, annals, annuals, apostles, apples, appraisals, approvals, archangels, arrivals, arsenals, articles, artiodactyls, assembles, australs, axles, constables, continentals, convertibles, corals, councils, counsels, baffles, bagels, balmorals, barbels, barnacles, barrels, battles, baubles, beagles, beetles, belittles, betrayals, bibles, bicycles, bifocals, biologicals, biomaterials, biphenyls, bisexuals, boggles, boondoggles, bottles, bowels, brambles, bristles, brothels, bubbles, buckles, bugles, burials, bushels, cables, camels, cancels, cannibals, capitals, capitols, capsules, cardinals, carnivals, carols, castles, casuals, cathedrals, cereals, channels, chemicals, chisels, chorals, chortles, chronicles, chuckles, circles, collectibles, colonels, colonials, commercials, compatibles, confessionals, counterproposals, couples, crackles, credentials, criminals, cripples, crumbles, crystals, cubicles, cudgels, cycles, cyclicals, cymbals, dabbles, dangles, debacles, decibels, decimals, deductibles, deferrals, denials, dentals, devils, diagonals, dials, diesels, differentials, disables, disciples, dismantles, dismissals, disposables, disposals, doubles, dowels, duals, duels, durables, eagles, edibles, editorials, embezzles, enables, enamels, encyclicals, ensembles, entitles, entrails, equals, essentials, evangelicals, evils, examples, extraterrestrials, fables, facials, faithfuls, federals, festivals, finals, fizzles, flannels, foibles, follicles, fossils, freckles, fuels, fumbles, fundamentals, funerals, funnels, gables, gambles, generals, genitals, Gentles, giggles, goggles, Gospels, grackles, granules, grapples, gribbles, grumbles, gunnels, guzzles, hackles, hassles, heterosexuals, hobbles, homosexuals, honeysuckles, hopefuls, hospitals, hostels, hovels, humbles, hustles, hymnals, icicles, illegals, immortals, imperils, imponderables, incidentals, individuals, industrials, infomercials, Ingles, initials, instrumentals, intangibles, intellectuals, internationals, intervals, invisibles, jewels, jingles, journals, juggles, jungles, juveniles, kennels, kernels, kestrels, kettles, kittles, knuckles, labels, laurels, legals, lentils, levels, liberals, littles, locals, madrigals, mammals, mangels, maniples, mantles, manuals, Maples, marbles, marshals, marvels, materials, measles, memorials, metacarpals, metals, mickles, microfossils, minerals, mingles, minstrels, miracles, Miserables, missiles, mistrials, mobiles, moguls, mongols, morals, morsels, mortals, motorcycles, multinationals, multiples, Mumbles, municipals, murals, muscles, musicals, mussels, muzzles, myrtles, nationals, neoliberals, nestles, nettles, neutrals, nibbles, nickels, Nickles, nicols, nitriles, nobles, nondurables, nonprofessionals, nostrils, notables, novels, nozzles, numerals, observables, obstacles, officials, ogles, oracles, Orientals, originals, ossicles, panels, panfuls, parables, paralegals, parcels, particles, payables, pebbles, pedestals, pencils, peoples, perennials, perils, periodicals, peripherals, personals, petals, petrels, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, physicals, Pickles, pimples, pineapples, pistols, pixels, portables, portals, portrayals, potentials, pretzels, principals, principles, professionals, projectiles, proposals, pupils, purples, puzzles, quarrels, quibbles, radials, radicals, raffles, rankles, rascals, rattles, rebels, rebuttals, receivables, receptacles, recitals, rectangles, recyclables, recycles, referrals, refusals, regionals, rehearsals, removals, renewals, rentals, reprisals, resembles, residuals, revels, reversals, revivals, rifles, ripples, rituals, rivals, Robles, royals, rubles, ruffles, rumbles, runkles, runnels, sables, samples, scalpels, scoundrels, scrambles, scribbles, scruples, scuffles, semifinals, sentinels, sequels, serials, settles, shackles, shambles, shekels, shingles, shovels, shuffles, shuttles, sickles, signals, singles, skittles, sorrels, sparkles, specials, spectacles, spirals, spirituals, sprinkles, squabbles, squiggles, squirrels, stables, Staples, startles, stickles, stifles, struggles, stumbles, subprincipals, subtitles, swivels, syllables, symbols, tables, tackles, tangibles, tangles, taxables, Technicals, temples, tentacles, terminals, testicles, testimonials, thistles, throttles, tickles, timetables, titles, tonsils, topples, totals, towels, tramples, transsexuals, travels, trials, triangles, tribunals, trickles, trifles, triples, troubles, truffles, tumbles, tunnels, turntables, turtles, tussles, tutorials, twinkles, uncles, unicycles, unravels, untouchables, upheavals, utensils, valuables, variables, varietals, vassals, vegetables, vehicles, vessels, vials, vigils, visuals, vittles, vocals, vowels, waffles, wattles, weevils, whistles, winkles, withdrawals, wrangles, wrestles, wrinkles. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: handsel. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-h-l-n-s" | |
-1 letter: elands, handle, hansel, ladens, lashed, naleds, sendal, shaled. | |
-2 letters: ashed, ashen, dahls, dales, deals, deans, deash, dhals, eland, elans, hades, haled, hales, hands, hanse, heads, heals, laden, lades, lands, lanes, lased, leads, leans, leash, lends, naled, sadhe, saned, sedan, selah, shade, shale, sheal, shend. | |
-3 letters: ales, ands, anes, dahl, dahs, dale, dals, dash. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-h-l-n-s" | |
+1 letter: handlers, handless, handsels, hanseled, shetland, unlashed. | |
+2 letters: chandlers, handbells, handhelds, handseled, hanselled, headlands, headlines, homelands, longheads, lunkheads, mishandle, nailheads, planished, rehandles, shetlands, unleashed. | |
+3 letters: adhesional, benchlands, blandished, blandisher, blandishes, candlefish, chandelles, chlordanes, decathlons, disenthral, enchiladas, handlebars, handleless, handseling, handselled, handsomely, handwheels, headliners, heartlands, heathlands, languished, manhandles, mishandled, mishandles, panhandles, philanders, sphenoidal, unshackled. | |
+4 letters: blandishers, chandeliers, chandleries, disenthrall, disenthrals, fatherlands, handselling, heulandites, highlanders, hinterlands, hollandaise, hydroplanes, landholders, lanthanides, motherlands, overhandles, panhandlers, stickhandle, unabashedly, unashamedly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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