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81handle — 1. to embrace a woman sexually Literally, to hold with the hands: A did in some sort indeed handle women. (Shakespeare, Henry V, and not of a pimp) The obsolete English dialect use was not euphemistic: In love making, where the… …
82handle — 1. verb 1) the equipment must be handled with care Syn: hold, pick up, grasp, grip, lift; feel, touch, finger; informal paw 2) a car that is easy to handle Syn: control, drive, steer …
83handle — [OE] Etymologically, a handle is nothing more or less than ‘something to be held in the hand’. Likewise the verb handle, together with Germanic relatives like German handeln and Swedish handla, began life as ‘hold, touch, feel with the hands’… …
84handle — See: FLY OFF THE HANDLE …
85handle with gloves — or[handle with kid gloves] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To treat very gently and carefully. * /An atomic bomb is handled with kid gloves./ 2. To treat with great tact and diplomacy. * /Aunt Jane is so irritable that we have to treat her with kid… …
86handle — See: FLY OFF THE HANDLE …
87handle with gloves — or[handle with kid gloves] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To treat very gently and carefully. * /An atomic bomb is handled with kid gloves./ 2. To treat with great tact and diplomacy. * /Aunt Jane is so irritable that we have to treat her with kid… …
88handle with kid gloves — verb (US) To treat something very delicately or carefully. The campaign staff cautioned the candidate to handle the issue with kid gloves …
89handle — See handle, manage …
90handle — ● ►en / h*n d*l/ n. m. ● 1. ►PROG Valeur numérique identifiant un objet informatique (e. g. une fenêtre ou un fichier), et permettant donc sa manipulation ou sa gestion (to handle en anglais). ● 2. ►SOC Syn. de pseudonyme …
