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• han|dle|bar mustache — han|dle bar mustache or han|dle|bar mustache «HAN DUHL|BAHR», Informal. a wide, full, curved mustache, generally shaped like the handle bars on a bicycle …   Useful english dictionary

• han|dle-bar mustache — or han|dle|bar mustache «HAN DUHL|BAHR», Informal. a wide, full, curved mustache, generally shaped like the handle bars on a bicycle …   Useful english dictionary

• han|dle|less — «HAN duhl lihs», adjective. without a handle …   Useful english dictionary

• man|han|dle — «MAN HAN duhl», transitive verb, dled, dling. 1. to treat roughly; pull or push about: »If you worry me…I ll catch you and manhandle you, and you ll die (Rudyard Kipling). 2. to move by human strength, without mechanical appliances: »The larger… …   Useful english dictionary

• mis|han|dle — «mihs HAN duhl», transitive verb, dled, dling. 1. to handle badly or roughly; maltreat: »It is a shame to see how they have mishandled the old man among them (Scott). 2. to manage badly; mismanage: »to mishandle accounts …   Useful english dictionary

• re|han|dle — «ree HAN duhl», transitive verb, dled, dling. to handle or have to do with again; remodel …   Useful english dictionary

• stick|han|dle — «STIHK HAN duhl», intransitive verb, dled, dling. to keep control of the hockey puck by skillful handling of the stick: »The Canuck veteran…neatly stickhandled through the defense and scored from close in (Grand Prairie Herald Tribune) …   Useful english dictionary

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• han·dle·bar — /ˈhændl̩ˌbɑɚ/ noun, pl bars [count] : a straight or bent bar with a handle at each end that is used to steer a bicycle, motorcycle, etc. usually plural Keep both hands on the handlebars …   Useful english dictionary