What is a synonym for "panhandle"?

Common synonyms include: alaskan panhandle, beg, bum, hit, hit up, mooch.

How do you pronounce "panhandle"?

Pronounced //ˈpænˌhæn.dəl//.

//ˈpænˌhæn.dəl// name, noun, verb

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Noun

1
The handle of a pan.
2
the handle of a pan wordnet
3
An area within a nation or subnational division that appears to stick out or project when viewed on a map; an especially elongated salient. US
4
a relatively narrow strip of land projecting from some larger area wordnet
5
The handle that activates an ejector seat.
"The Captain Keith Handscomb was the occupant of that ejector seat and the only survivor; his narrow escape was by just being able to reach the seat panhandle with his third and fourth fingers of his left hand."

Verb

1
To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, as a homeless or vagrant person. US, intransitive
"I had a white cane, but I never used it. Once, alone and lost in downtown Washington, I unfolded it, immediately sweating as I felt hundreds of eyes shift onto me. A man who was panhandling grabbed me and showed me the way home."
2
beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money wordnet
3
To elicit; to attempt to obtain or provoke a certain response or answer. figuratively, transitive, uncommon