[pan-han-dl] /ˈpænˌhæn dl/ Informal.
verb (used without object), panhandled, panhandling.
to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
verb (used with object), panhandled, panhandling.
to accost and beg from.
to obtain by accosting and begging from someone.
(sometimes capital) (in the US) a narrow strip of land that projects from one state into another
(in a South African city) a plot of land without street frontage
(US & Canadian, informal) to accost and beg from (passers-by), esp on the street
“something resembling the handle of a pan,” 1851, from pan (n.) + handle (n.). Especially in reference to geography, originally American English, from 1856, in reference to Virginia (now West Virginia; Florida, Texas, Idaho, Oklahoma, and Alaska also have them). Meaning “an act of begging” is attested from 1849, perhaps from notion of arm stuck out like a panhandle, or of one who handles a (beggar’s) pan.
“to beg,” 1888, from panhandle (n.) in the begging sense. Related: Panhandled; panhandling.
To beg, esp by accosting people on the street: The boys deal drugs or panhandle, even become male prostitutes
[1903+; fr panhandler]
[pan-hed] /ˈpænˌhɛd/ noun 1. a rivet or screw having the form of a truncated cone.
noun, Photography. 1. a tripod head permitting vertical or horizontal rotation of a camera to any position.
[pan-huh-len-ik, -lee-nik] /ˌpæn həˈlɛn ɪk, -ˈli nɪk/ adjective 1. of or relating to all Greeks or to Panhellenism. 2. of, relating to, or noting collegiate fraternities and sororities. /ˌpænhɛˈlɛnɪk/ adjective 1. of or relating to all the Greeks, all Greece, or Panhellenism adj. also Related: pan-Hellenic, 1847, “pertaining to or involving all the Greeks,” from […]
[pan-hel-uh-niz-uh m] /pænˈhɛl əˌnɪz əm/ noun 1. the idea or advocacy of a union of all Greeks in one political body. /ˌpænˈhɛlɪˌnɪzəm/ noun 1. the principle of or support for the union of all Greeks or all Greece