panhandle (verb)

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• panhandle — I. noun Date: 1856 a narrow projection of a larger territory (as a state) < the Oklahoma panhandle > II. verb (panhandled; panhandling) Etymology: back formation from panhandler, probably from panhandle, noun; from the extended forearm Date: 1903 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• panhandle — 1. noun a) The handle of a pan. The three counties that form the Oklahoma panhandle were originally part of the Cimmaron Strip. b) On a map, where a part of a political entity forms a longish extension such that it resembles the handle of a pan,… …   Wiktionary

• panhandle — [[t]pæ̱nhænd(ə)l[/t]] panhandles, panhandling, panhandled 1) N COUNT A panhandle is a narrow strip of land joined to a larger area of land. [AM] Thunderstorms caused flooding in the Texas panhandle early today. 2) VERB If someone panhandles, they …   English dictionary

• panhandle — UK [ˈpænˌhænd(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms panhandle : present tense I/you/we/they panhandle he/she/it panhandles present participle panhandling past tense panhandled past participle panhandled American informal to beg for money from… …   English dictionary

• panhandle — I. /ˈpænhændl/ (say panhandl) noun 1. the handle of a pan. 2. (sometimes upper case) a narrow projecting strip of land, especially part of a nation or state: the Panhandle of Texas; the Panhandle of Vietnam. {pan1 + handle} II. /ˈpænhændl/ (say… …  

• panhandle — 1 noun (C) AmE a thin piece of land that is joined to a larger area like the handle of a pan: the Alaskan panhandle 2 verb (I) especially AmE to ask for money in the streets: a ban on panhandling in New York s subway panhandler noun (C) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• panhandle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v., slang, beg, solicit, bum (sl.), [make a] touch (sl.). See request. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. solicit, ask alms, bum*; see beg 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. *bum, cadge, *hit up, scrounge. see …   English dictionary for students

• panhandle — pan|han|dle [ pæn,hændl ] verb intransitive AMERICAN INFORMAL to ask people for money as they pass in the street ╾ pan|han|dler noun count …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• panhandle — N. Amer. noun a narrow strip of territory projecting from the main territory of one state into another. verb informal beg in the street. Derivatives panhandler noun …   English new terms dictionary

• beg — verb 1) he begged on the streets Syn: panhandle, ask for money, seek charity, seek alms; informal sponge, cadge, scrounge, bum, mooch 2) we begged for mercy Syn: ask for, request, plead for …   Thesaurus of popular words

• List of English back-formations — Back formation refers to either the process of creating a new lexeme (less precisely, a new word ) by removing actual or supposed affixes, or to the neologism formed by such a process. Back formations are shortened words created from longer words …   Wikipedia