Meaning of handbag | Babel Free

Definitions

1. purse
2. A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
3. bag
4. A small bag used chiefly by women for carrying various small personal items, sometimes considered as a fashion accessory.
   Commonwealth, countable, uncountable
5. (often with back, ~down, ~up etc).
   often with
6. Ellipsis of handbag house.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
7. pouch
8. (American usually purse) a small bag carried by women, for personal belongings. handsak حَقيبَة سَفَر дамска чанта bolsa kabelka die Handtasche håndtaske τσάνταbolso käekott کیف زنانه käsilaukku sac à main תִּיק יָד दस्ती थैला ženska torbica kézitáska tas tangan handtaska borsetta ハンドバッグ 핸드백 rankinukas rokassoma; rokassomiņa tas tangan handtas hånd-/dameveske torebka بخولي ، د لاس كڅوړه ، د لاس بكس bolsa poşetă дамская сумочка kabelka ročna torbica ženska tašna handväska กระเป๋าถือของผู้หญิง ...
   American usually
9. sac, tote
10. a small printed notice. strooibiljet إعْلان يُوَزَّع باليَد рекламна листовка nota impressa leták das Flugblatt løbeseddel; reklame διαφημιστικό έντυποprospecto, folleto reklaamleht برگ اعلان mainoslehtinen prospectusעלון पर्चा letak szórólap selebaran auglÿsingamiði; dreifimiði volantino, pieghevole ビラ (보통 손으로 나누어 주는 광고용) 전단 reklaminis lapelis reklāmlapiņa surat pemberitahuan vlugschrift, foldertjeflygeblad, løpeseddel, plakatulotka د باغوانۍ پياتي،د اعلان پا ڼه nota impressa flu­tu­raş publ...
11. a small book giving information about (how to do) something. a handbook of European birds; a bicycle-repair handbook. handboek, gids كِتاب وَجيز، كِتاب دَليل ръководство guia rukověť das Handbuch håndbog εγχειρίδιο, βοήθημαmanual käsiraamat كتاب راهنما käsikirja manuelמדריך पुस्तिका prirucnik kézikönyv buku petunjuk handbók, uppsláttarbók manuale 手引き書 안내서 žinynas, vadovas rokasgrāmata buku panduan handboek hånd-/oppslagsbok poradnik, podręcznik د لارښوونی کتاپ guia manual справочник; руководс...
12. (in a car, bus etc) a brake operated by the driver's hand. handrem فَرامِل يَدَوِيَّه ръчна спирачка freio de mão ruční brzda die Handbremse håndbremse χειρόφρενοfreno de mano käsipidur ترمز دستی käsijarru frein à main בֶּלֶם יַד हाथ से लगाया जाने वाला गतिरोधक rucna kocnica kézifék rem tangan handbremsa freno a mano 手動ブレーキ 수동 브레이크 rankinis stabdis rokas bremze brek tangan handremhåndbrems hamulec ręczny لاسي ترموز travão de mão frână de mână ручной тормоз ručná brzda ročna zavora ručna kočnic...
    etc
13. to put handcuffs on (a person). The police handcuffed the criminal. boei يُقَيِّد، يَضَع القُيود слагам белезници algemar spoutat Handschellen anlegen give håndjern på βάζω χειροπέδες esposar, poner las esposas käeraudu panema دست بند زدن panna käsirautoihin passer les menottes à לִכבּוֹל בַאֲזִיקִים हथकड़ी staviti lisicine na ruke megbilincsel memborgol handjárna ammanettare 手錠をかける 수갑을 채우다 uždėti (kam) antrankius uzlikt roku dzelžus menggari handboei sette håndjern på zakuć w kajdanki ولچك ك...
14. steel rings, joined by a short chain, put round the wrists of prisoners. a pair of handcuffs. handboeie أصْفاد، قُيود، كَلَبْشَه белезници algemas pouta die Handschellen(pl.) håndjern χειροπέδεςesposas käerauad دستبند آهنی käsiraudat menottesאזיקים हथकडी़ lisicine bilincs borgol handjárn manette 手錠 수갑 antrankiai roku dzelži gari boeienhåndjernkajdanki آهنی ولچک algemas cătuşe наручники putá lisice lisice handbojor, -klovar กุญแจมือ kelepçe 手銬 наручники, ручні кайдани ہتھکڑیاں còng số tám 手铐
15. a magnifying-glass held in the hand. vergrootglas عَدَسَة مُكَبِّرَه باليد лупа lupa lupa (s držátkem) das Vergrößerungsglas, die Lupe forstørrelsesglas μεγεθυντικός φακόςlupa luup ذره بین دستی suurennuslasi loupe מַגדֶלֶת वस्तुओं को बड़े रूप में दिखाने वाला शीशा (rucno) povecalo kézi nagyító suryakanta, kaca pembesar stækkunargler lente d'ingrandimento 虫めがね (손잡이가 달린) 확대경 didinamasis stiklas (rokā turams) palielināmais stikls kanta tangan loepforstørrelsesglasslupa لاسی عدسيى ه lupa ручная лу...
16. made with a person's hands or with tools held in the hands, rather than by machines. hand-made furniture. handgemaak مَصْنوع باليَد изработен на ръка feito à mão ruční, rukodělný handgemacht håndlavet χειροποίητοςhecho a mano käsitsi tehtud دست ساز käsin tehty fait à la main עֲבוֹדָת יָד हस्तनिर्मित rucni (rad), izraden rukom kézzel gyártott buatan tangan handunninn fatto/lavorato a mano 手づくりの 수제의 rankinio darbo rokām darināts buatan tangan handgemaakt håndlaget/-sydd ręcznie robiony په لاس ج...

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Examples

“From a little hand-bag he extracted his automatic pistol, which he put upon the mantelpiece.”

“I put on my new suit and put my watch on and packed the other suit and the accessories and my razor and brushes in my hand bag […].”

“Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway, and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.”

“An enormous amount of off-book money sloshes around Chinese business and officialdom, and some of it runs into handbags.”

“In London, of all places, where people are always on the lookout for opportunities to commit crimes: an unzipped handbag, a phone sticking out of a back pocket, an unpadlocked bike.”

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