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- English Word Handy Definition Performed by the hand.
- English Word Handy Definition Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit.
- English Word Handy Definition Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a handy volume.
- English Word Handy Definition Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel.
- English Word Handyfight Definition A fight with the hands; boxing.
- English Word Handygripe Definition Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting.
- English Word Handystroke Definition A blow with the hand.
- English Word Handyy-dandy Definition A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit.
- English Word Hang Definition To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner.
- English Word Hang Definition To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc.
- English Word Hang Definition To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve.
- English Word Hang Definition To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer.
- English Word Hang Definition To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; -- said of a wall, a room, etc.
- English Word Hang Definition To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room.
- English Word Hang Definition To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame.
- English Word Hang Definition To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.
- English Word Hang Definition To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or points of suspension.
- English Word Hang Definition To die or be put to death by suspension from the neck.
- English Word Hang Definition To hold for support; to depend; to cling; -- usually with on or upon; as, this question hangs on a single point.
- English Word Hang Definition To be, or be like, a suspended weight.