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handlebar

noun
/ˈhændəlbɑː/UK/ˈhændəlbɑːɹ/US

Etymology

From handle + bar.

  1. derived from *barra✻
  2. derived from barre
  3. inherited from barre
  4. formed as handlebar — “handle + bar”

Definitions

  1. The bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicle using the hands.

    • The bikelike steering handlebars are bent and welded from pipe or conduit.
    • I'd like to ride my bicycle with you / On the handlebars

  2. Xanax.

    • Got a stick in the passenger in my car She ride on the dick with no handlebars Came a long way from poppin' them Xanax bars
    • I want a big double R, no, I don't pop handlebars

The neighborhood

Derived

drop handlebar, handlebar moustache

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at handlebar. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01handlebar02motorbike03motorcycle04ride05bicycle

A definitional loop anchored at handlebar. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at handlebar

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA