handle
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.Examples: "The daily handle of a Las Vegas casino is typically millions of dollars."; "For a casino table game,the handle is difficult to determine, as it consists of all the bets made in every game, whether by chip or by cash play."; "Note here, however, that the casino's "edge" (its expected value per unit bet, or, in casino jargon, the house p.c.) in table games is expressed as a percentage of the handle and not as a percentage of the drop (even though these might sometimes be the same)."
2. (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
3. (slang) A name or nickname, especially as an identifier over the radio or Internet.Examples: "We sat together at the restaurant and asked him about his handle (CB name)."; "This was so unexpected that Jack came close to gabbling out his real name instead of the one he had used at the Golden Spoon, the name he also used if the people who picked him up asked for his handle."; ""I don't actually know his birth name. He just uses his handle.""slang
4. (slang) A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.Examples: "The successful businessman was knighted and acquired a handle to his name."slang
5. (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.Examples: "This article describes how to find the module name from the window handle."; "A handle for a type instance is similar to an open file descriptor; it is used to reference that type instance when performing operations on it."; "By contrast, when a host function creates a handle for a nested function and returns that handle to a calling program, the host function's workspace is created and remains in existence for as long as the function handle remains in existence."
6. (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.Synonyms: jugUKinformal
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).Examples: "Happy, ye leaves! when as those lilly hands [...] Shall handle you."; "Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh."; "[...] about his altar, handling holy things"transitive
2. (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.Examples: "The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to house and handle their colts for at least six months every year."raretransitive
3. (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.Examples: "That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper"; "Light on his feet for a big man, he handled the rifle like a pistol."transitive
4. (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.Examples: "You shall see how I'll handle her"; "The findings emerged from questionnaires filled in by 2,211 staff in 145 wards of 55 hospitals in England and Wales and 105 observations of care of dementia patients. Two-thirds of staff said they had not had enough training to provide proper care, 50% said they had not been trained how to communicate properly with such patients and 54% had not been told how to handle challenging or aggressive behaviour."; "“You also handle the accounts for Julie Wojakowski, what about her? Any recent deposits in that amount?”"transitive
5. (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).Examples: "she handled the news with grace"; "the Persians handled the French ambassador shamefully"; "I will not tell thee how Ile handle thee, But euery common ſouldier of my Camp Shall ſmile to see thy miſerable ſtate."transitive
6. (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.Examples: "We will handle what persons are apt to envy others..."; "If traditional painting handled the same themes again and again, a truth which people are apt to overlook is that we often get startlingly different compositions of the same theme or episode."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary