Handyman

Definition: Handyman

Handyman

Noun

1. A man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks.

Specialty Definitions: Handyman

Domain	Definitions
Mining	A person employed to do various kinds of work. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Handyman

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The term handyman (which may be sexist language as a "handyman" may be female), describes someone competent in a variety of small skills or inventive or ingenious in repair or maintenance work; somebody who earns money by the experience and skill to perform a variety of small jobs and/or odd jobs in and around your home.

Some handymen have more skills than others and perform more than just a variety of small jobs and odd jobs.

A good handyman is skillful, dexterous, practical, clever, skilled, able, competent, and proficient in whatever it is he is doing.

Some handymen are licenced and insured, some are not. There are different laws for different states and it is not always required.

When looking for a handyman for odd jobs, more than anything, you want to make sure that you have someone you can trust, who does dependable work, and you are comfortable with.

Handymen are often found through organized services.

External link

Handymen services

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Handyman."

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Synonyms: Handyman

Synonyms: jack of all trades (n), odd-job man (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Handyman

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Anyway, are you gonna get a handyman to install all this stuff? (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) How do you do? I see you've met my faithful handyman. (The Rocky Horror Picture Show; writing credit: Richard O'Brien; Jim Sharman) Thanks, Handyman. (Scary Movie 2; writing credit: Shawn Wayans; Marlon Wayans)
Movie/TV Titles	Eve and the Handyman (1961) So You Want to Be a Handyman (1951) Jack the Handyman (1915) Handyman Included (1989) The Donsinger Women and Their Handyman Jack (1983)
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Commercial Usage: Handyman

Domain	Title
Books	Ask the Family Handyman (reference) Handyman Home Storage Projects: A Room-By-Room Guide to Practical Storage Solutions (Family Handyman) (reference) Handyman In-Your-Pocket (reference) The Family Handyman Decks, Patios, and Porches: Plans, Projects, and Instructions for Expanding Your Outdoor Living Space (reference) The Handyman (Ballantine's Reader's Circle) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Home Handyman (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	AUTHORIZED INTERNATIONAL EDITION OF THE SOYUZMULTFILM LIBRARY Vol 13 (in Russian):Trouble is not so bad, Brave and Fast One, Foca the Handyman, The Tzocotuha Fly (reference) Eve & The Handyman (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Handyman (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	Stanley 64-710 10-Piece Handyman Screwdriver Set (reference) Stanley 64-840 Handyman Pocket Screwdriver (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
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Usage Frequency: Handyman

"Handyman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.30% of the time. "Handyman" is used about 54 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 (singular)	96.3%	52	47,145
Noun (proper)	3.7%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	54	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Handyman

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "handyman": chauffeur-handyman, gardener-handyman.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Handyman

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
handyman	952
family handyman	287
handyman magazine	149
handyman services	88
handyman connection	86
handyman club of america	76
handyman club	43
handyman new jersey	40
mr handyman	35
handyman franchise	30
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Modern Translations: Handyman

Language		Translations for "handyman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏متعدد الحرف (tinker). (various references)

Bulgarian		момче за всичко (do all, factotum, famulus, jack of all trades). (various references)

Chinese		杂物工. (various references)

Farsi		نوکر (Help, Henchman, Lackey, Man, Manservant, Menial, Servant, Server, Valet, Yesman), شخص اماده بخدمت . (various references)

French		factotum (hanger-on). (various references)

German		handlanger (dogsbody, handmaid, henchman, odd-job man), Allrounder. (various references)

Greek		πολυτεχνίτησ (factotum), εργάτησ κατάλληλοσ για διάφορεσ εργασίεσ. (various references)

Hungarian		ezermester (fixer, handymen, he can turn his hand to anything, jack of all trades, jack-of-all-trades). (various references)

Italian		uomo tuttofare, uomo che sa fare un po' di tutto, tuttofare (factotum). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		雑役夫 , 小使い . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ざつえきふ (cleaning lady), �"づかい (allowance, incidental expenses, personal expenses, pocket money, spending money). (various references)

Manx		laue-cheirdagh (handicraftsman), fer lauee (virtuoso), dooinney yeshlaueagh. (various references)

Norwegian		altmuligmann. (various references)

Pig Latin		andymanhay.(various references)

Russian		подручный (hand). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		majstor za sve (handy man, utility man). (various references)

Spanish		peon (handmaid). (various references)

Swedish		hantlangare (assistant, helper, mate, myrmidon, tool, underling), tusenkonstnär (jack of all trades, jack-of-all-trades). (various references)
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Misspellings: Handyman

Misspellings
	"Handyman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Addyman, andyman, Candyman, Hamdija. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Handyman"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "handyman" (pronounced ha"ndēma'n)
4	-ē m a' n	Assemblyman, bogeyman, journeyman, nurseryman.
3	-m a' n	anchorman, Batman, businessman, caveman, counterman, doorman, fisherman, frogman, Glassman, guardsman, Hackman, helmsman, jazzman, kinsman, lumberman, madman, mailman, merman, middleman, milkman, Minuteman, newsman, newspaperman, oilman, patrolman, radioman, repairman, Sandman, serviceman, sideman, snowman, strongman, Tinman, weatherman.
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Anagrams: Handyman

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-h-m-n-n-y"
	-3 letters: adman, daman, handy, manna, mayan, mynah.
	-4 letters: amah, anna, ayah, damn, hand, hymn, mana, many, maya, myna, naan, nada, nana.
	-5 letters: aah, aha, ama, ana, and, any, dah, dam, day, had, ham, hay, mad, man, may, nah, nam, nan, nay, yah, yam.
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