handgrip
1: the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" [syn: {handle}, {gri...
handgun
1: a firearm that is held and fired with one hand [syn: {pistol}, {side arm}, {shooting iron}]
handheld
1: small and light enough to be operated while you hold it in your hands; "a hand-held computer" [syn: {hand-held}]
handheld drill
1: a small portable drill held and operated by hand [syn: {hand drill}]
handicap
1: the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment" [syn: {disability}, {disablement}, {impairment}] 2: advantage g...
handicapped person
1: a person who has some handicap that interferes with normal functions
handicapper
1: someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race) [syn: {odds-maker}]
handicraft
1: a work produced by hand labor [syn: {handcraft}, {handiwork}, {handwork}] 2: a craft that requires skillful hands
handily
1: in a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located" [syn: {conveniently}] [ant: {inconveniently}] 2: with no difficulty; "she beat him handily" [syn: {hands down}]
handiness
1: the quality of being at hand when needed [syn: {accessibility}, {availability}, {availableness}] [ant: {inaccessibility}, {inaccessibility}]
handing over
1: the act of passing something to another person [syn: {passage}]
handiwork
1: a work produced by hand labor [syn: {handicraft}, {handcraft}, {handwork}]
handkerchief
1: a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory [syn: {hankie}, {hanky}, {hankey}]
handle
1: the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" [syn: {grip}, {handg...
handle with kid gloves
1: handle with great care and sensitivity; "You have to handle the students with kid gloves"
handle-bars
1: a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth) [syn: {mustachio}, {moustachio}]
handlebar
1: the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle
handled
1: having a usually specified type of handle; "pearl-handled revolver" [ant: {handleless}]
handleless
1: having no handle; "sleek cabinets with apparently handleless doors" [ant: {handled}]
handler
1: one who trains or exhibits animals [syn: {animal trainer}] 2: an agent who handles something or someone; "the senator's campaign handlers" 3: (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a ...
handless
1: without a hand or hands; "a handless war veteran" [ant: {handed}] 2: not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed govern...
handline
1: a fishing line managed principally by hand [syn: {hand line}]
handling
1: manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something 2: the action of touching with the hands or the skillful use of the hands [syn: {manipulation}] 3: the management o...
handling charge
1: the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order) [syn: {handling cost}]
handling cost
1: the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order) [syn: {handling charge}]
handlock
1: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs [syn: {handcuffs}, {handcuff}, {cuffs}, {cuff}, {manacle}]
handmade
1: made by hand or a hand process; "delicate handmade baby dresses" [syn: {hand-crafted}] [ant: {machine-made}]
handmaid
1: in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church" [syn: {handmaiden}, {servant}] 2: a personal maid or female attendant [syn: {...
handmaiden
1: in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church" [syn: {handmaid}, {servant}] 2: a personal maid or female attendant [syn: {ha...
handoff
1: (American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate
handout
1: an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation [syn: {press release}, {release}] 2: giving money or food or clothing to a needy person
handover
1: act of relinquishing property or authority etc; "the handover of occupied territory"
handrail
1: a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling [syn: {bannister}, {banister}, {balustrade}, {balusters}]
hands
1: (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are...
hands down
1: with no difficulty; "she beat him handily" [syn: {handily}]
hands-down
1: achieved without great effort; "a hands-down victory"
hands-off
1: not involving participation or intervention; "a hands-off foreign policy"
hands-on
1: involving active participation; "he's a hands-on manager"; "hands-on operations"
handsaw
1: a saw used with one hand for cutting wood [syn: {carpenter's saw}]
handsbreadth
1: any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand [syn: {handbreadth}]
handset
1: telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle [syn: {French telephone}]
handsewn
1: sewn by hand rather than machine [syn: {handstitched}]
handshake
1: grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) [syn: {shake}, {handshaking}, {handclasp}]
handshaking
1: grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) [syn: {handshake}, {shake}, {handclasp}]
handsome
1: pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion; "a fine-looking woman"; "a good-looking man"; "better-looking than her sister"; "very pretty but not so e...
handsomely
1: in an attractively handsome manner; "the volume was handsomely bound" 2: in a generously handsome manner; "India has responded handsomely by providing 3,000 men"
handsomeness
1: the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man) [syn: {good looks}]
handspike
1: a metal bar (or length of pipe) used as a lever
handspring
1: an acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again
handstamp
1: a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand [syn: {rubber stamp}] v : stamp with a rubber-stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document [syn: {rubbers...
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handstand
1: the act of supporting yourself by your hands alone in an upside down position
handstitched
1: sewn by hand rather than machine [syn: {handsewn}]
handwash
1: wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine; "This delicate sweater must be handwashed" [syn: {hand-wash}] [ant: {machine wash}]
handwear
1: clothing for the hands [syn: {hand wear}]
handwheel
1: a wheel worked by hand 2: control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated
handwork
1: a work produced by hand labor [syn: {handicraft}, {handcraft}, {handiwork}]
handwoven
1: made on a handloom; "handwoven tablecloth" [syn: {hand-loomed}]
handwrite
1: write by hand; "You should handwrite the note to your guests"
handwriting
1: something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible" [syn: {hand}, {script}] 2: the activity of writing by hand; "handwriting can be slow and painful for one with a...
handwriting expert
1: a specialist in inferring character from handwriting [syn: {graphologist}]
handy
1: easy to reach; "found a handy spot for the can opener" [syn: {convenient}, {ready to hand(p)}] 2: easy to use; "a handy gadget" 3: skillful with the hands; "handy with an axe" n : United States blu...
handyman
1: a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks [syn: {jack of all trades}, {odd-job man}]
hang
1: a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it" [syn: {bent}, {knack}] 2: the way a garment hangs; "he ...
hang around
1: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" [syn: {loiter}, {lounge}, {footle}, {lollygag}, {loaf}, {lallygag...
hang back
1: to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging" [syn: {drag}, {trail}, {get behind}, {drop behind}]
hang by a thread
1: depend on a small thing or be at risk; "His life now hangs by a thread" [syn: {hand by a hair}]
hang glide
1: fly by means of a hang glider [syn: {soar}]
hang glider
1: a rider of a hang glider 2: a glider resembling a large kite; the rider hangs from it while descending from a height
hang in
1: be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions" [syn: {persevere}, {persist}, {hang on}, {hold on}]
hang on
1: fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace" [syn: {append}, {tag on}, {tack on}, {tack}] 2: be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept ...
hang out
1: spend time in a certain location or with certain people; "She hangs out at the corner cafe"
hang together
1: be connected; "In my heart I can make the world hang together" [syn: {interdepend}]
hang up
1: put a telephone receiver back in its cradle 2: cause to be hanging or suspended; "Hang that picture on the wall" [syn: {hang}] 3: interrupt a telephone conversation
hang-up
1: an emotional preoccupation 2: an unforeseen obstacle [syn: {hitch}, {rub}, {snag}]
hangar
1: a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained [syn: {airdock}, {repair shed}]
hangbird
1: eastern subspecies of northern oriole [syn: {Baltimore oriole}, {Baltimore bird}, {firebird}, {Icterus galbula galbula}]
Hangchow
1: a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world [syn: {Hangzhou}]
hangdog
1: showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater [syn: {guilty}, {shamefaced}, {shamed}] 2: frightened into submission or complian...
hanger
1: a worker who hangs something 2: anything from which something can be hung
hanger-on
1: someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along [syn: {tagalong}] [also: {hangers-on} (pl)]
hanging
1: decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings" [syn: {wall hanging}] 2: a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by ...
hanging chad
1: a chad that is incompletely removed and hanging by one corner
hanging fly
1: any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
1: terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC; one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
hanging geranium
1: a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers [syn: {ivy geranium}, {ivy-leaved geranium}, {Pelargonium peltatum}]
hangman
1: an executioner who hangs the condemned person
hangman's halter
1: a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging [syn: {hangman's rope}, {halter}, {hemp}, {hempen necktie}]
hangman's rope
1: a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging [syn: {hangman's halter}, {halter}, {hemp}, {hempen necktie}]
hangnail
1: a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected [syn: {agnail}]
hangout
1: a frequently visited place [syn: {haunt}, {resort}, {repair}, {stamping ground}]
hangover
1: disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol) [syn: {katzenjammer}] 2: an official who remains in office after his term [syn: {holdover}] 3: something that has survived from ...
Hangzhou
1: a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world [syn: {Hangchow}]
Hangzhou Bay
1: a bay formed by an inlet of the East China Sea
Hani
1: a Loloish language [syn: {Akha}]
hank
1: a coil of rope or wool or yarn
Hank Aaron
1: United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934) [syn: {Aaron}, {Henry Louis Aaron}]
Hank Williams
1: United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953) [syn: {Williams}, {Hiram Williams}, {Hiram King Williams}]
hanker
1: desire strongly or persistently [syn: {long}, {yearn}]
hankering
1: a yearning for something or to do something [syn: {yen}]
hankey
1: a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory [syn: {handkerchief}, {hankie}, {hanky}]
hankie
1: a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory [syn: {handkerchief}, {hanky}, {hankey}]
Hanks
1: United States film actor (born in 1956) [syn: {Tom Hanks}, {Thomas J. Hanks}]
hanky
1: a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory [syn: {handkerchief}, {hankie}, {hankey}]
hanky panky
1: verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way [syn: {trickery}, {hocus-pocus}, {slickness}, {jiggery-pokery}, {skulduggery}, {skullduggery}]
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