Standard Lemma guide

panhandle

name · noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/
  • UK, US: /ˈpænˌhæn.dəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P AE1 N HH AE2 N D AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A city, the county seat of Carson County, Texas, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

The Alaskan Panhandle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The handle of a pan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

An area within a nation or subnational division that appears to stick out or project when viewed on a map; an especially elongated salient.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences

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Broader terms: salient

5

noun

Meaning 5

The handle that activates an ejector seat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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6

verb

Meaning 6

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, intransitive

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7

verb

Meaning 7

To elicit; to attempt to obtain or provoke a certain response or answer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive, uncommon

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8

noun

Meaning 8

the handle of a pan

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: handle, grip, handgrip, hold

9

noun

Meaning 9

a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Wheeling is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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Broader terms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region

10

verb

Meaning 10

beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: beg

History

Etymology

From its central location in the Texas Panhandle.

From pan + handle.

Probable back-formation from panhandler.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: дръжка на тенджера (drǎžka na tendžera) — handle of a pan
  • Dutch: pannengreep — handle of a pan
  • Dutch: koekenpannengreep — handle of a pan
  • Finnish: pannun kahva — handle of a pan
  • German: Pfannenstiel — handle of a pan
  • Hungarian: serpenyőnyél — handle of a pan
  • Hungarian: serpenyő nyele — handle of a pan
  • Icelandic: pönnuskaft — handle of a pan
  • Russian: ча́пельник (čápelʹnik) — handle of a pan
  • Russian: сковоро́дник (skovoródnik) — handle of a pan
  • Welsh: coes padell — handle of a pan
  • Welsh: coes sosban — handle of a pan
  • Czech: výběžek — any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
  • Finnish: uloke — any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
  • German: Zipfel — any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
  • German: Gebietskorridor — any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
  • German: Landkorridor — any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
  • German: schmaler Landabschnitt — any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
  • German: Landzipfel — any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
  • German: Gebietszipfel — any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
  • Hungarian: kiszögellés — any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
  • Hungarian: földnyelv — any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
  • Polish: cypel — any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
  • Polish: worek — any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
  • Russian: вы́ступ (výstup) — any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
  • Slovak: výbežok — any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
  • Ukrainian: виступ (vystup) — any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
  • Welsh: estynwlad — any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan
  • Armenian: մուրալ (mural) — beg for money
  • Bulgarian: прося по улиците (prosja po ulicite) — beg for money
  • Dutch: bedelen — beg for money
  • Finnish: kerjätä — beg for money
  • French: mendier — beg for money
  • French: faire la manche — beg for money
  • French: demander l'aumône — beg for money
  • German: betteln — beg for money
  • Greek: ζητιανεύω (zitianévo) — beg for money
  • Hungarian: kéreget — beg for money
  • Hungarian: koldul — beg for money
  • Italian: elemosinare — beg for money
  • Polish: żebrać — beg for money
  • Russian: попроша́йничать (poprošájničatʹ) — beg for money
  • Russian: христара́дничать (xristarádničatʹ) — beg for money
  • Russian: ни́щенствовать (níščenstvovatʹ) — beg for money
  • Russian: побира́ться (pobirátʹsja) — beg for money
  • Spanish: pordiosear — beg for money
  • Swedish: tigga — beg for money
  • Welsh: cardota — beg for money
  • Welsh: begera — beg for money
Real reading context

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