<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.</li><li>that which may be held, seized, grasped, or taken advantage of in effecting a purpose: The clue was a handle for solving the mystery.</li><li>(slang) a person's name, especially the given name.</li><li>a person's alias, nickname, or code name.</li><li>a username, as on a social media website: What's your Twitter handle?</li><li>a name or term by which something is known, described, or explained.</li><li>the total amount wagered on an event, series of events, or for an entire season or seasons, as at a gambling casino or in horse racing: The track handle for the day was over a million dollars.</li><li>the total amount of money taken in by a business concern on one transaction, sale, event, or series of transactions, or during a specific period, especially by a theater, nightclub, sports arena, resort hotel, or the like.</li><li>informal: a way of getting ahead or gaining an advantage: The manufacturer regards the new appliance as its handle on the Christmas market.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to turn up (soil) with a plow.</li><li>to make (a furrow) with a plow.</li><li>to tear up, cut into, or make a furrow, groove, etc. in (a surface) with or as if with a plow (often followed by up).</li><li>to clear by the use of a plow, especially a snowplow (sometimes followed by out).</li><li>to invest, as capital (often followed by into).</li><li>to reinvest or reutilize (usually followed by back).</li><li>to cleave the surface of (the water).</li><li>to make (a way) or follow (a course) in this manner.</li><li>(slang, vulgar) to have sexual intercourse with.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to behave or perform in a particular way when handled, directed, managed, etc.</li></ul>