Meaning of Handy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. The hand.
   childish
3. A handgun.
   Multicultural-London-English, slang
4. Synonym of mobile phone.
5. A male given name from English.
   rare
6. A hand job.
   slang, vulgar

Equivalents

Examples

“Clap, clap handies Mammie's wee, wee ain.”

“Look left and right, when I cross these roads, I don’t wanna get fright We got handies and shotties, which one should you decide?”

“An important field of application for small rechargeable lithium ion batteries is that of the fast growing market of cellular phones or ‘handies’. 277,000,000 handies were sold worldwide in 1999.”

““I’m afraid Mister Franklyn is occupied until seven o’clock. He shall call when he breaks. I’ll take a handy to receive calls—”[…]The distance frees him to take phone calls on his handy.”

“Life was good and quiet until six weeks ago when he received a phone call on his handy from Unbekannt Nummer --Unknown Number.”

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