handy
The handThe hand.
» This may just come in handy someday.
Можливо, це колись знадобиться. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(childish)The hand.
(Multicultural London English, slang)A handgun.
(slang, vulgar)A hand job.
(mostly used by Germans) Synonym of mobile phone.
- United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)
Examples
106 sentencesThis may just come in handy someday.
Можливо, це колись знадобиться. — deniko
This may come in handy.
Це може стати в нагоді. — Oleksandr_Tahayev
ruЭто может пригодиться. — odexed
That's very handy.
Це дуже зручно. — rmdas
ruЭто очень удобно. — marafon
deDas ist sehr praktisch. — Tamy
This is a handy little box.
ruЭто удобная маленькая коробка. — Hellerick
She's very handy with a saw.
ruОна прекрасно управляется с ручной пилой. — marafon
deSie ist sehr geschickt mit der Säge. — samueldora
Origin
Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Clipping of handgun and hand job followed by -y (diminutive suProto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-
Clipping of handgun and hand job followed by -y (diminutive suffix).
Disputed; see German Handy: according to some commentators, this meaning is originally from German (a condensed form of Handfunktelefon), whereas others claim there was an early, but now neglected, antetype of it in English (from etymology 1).
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Forms
plural: handiesSynonyms
2 synonyms- United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958):W. C. HandyWilliam Christopher Handy
Word family
3 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- come in handy
- in handy someday
- handy someday
See also
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