Usually means: Useful for many practical purposes.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word handy:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. Handy, handy: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. handy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. handy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. handy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Handy, handy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Handy, handy: Wordnik
  7. handy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Handy, handy: Wiktionary
  9. handy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. handy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. handy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Handy, handy: Dictionary.com
  13. handy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Handy (company), Handy (song), Handy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Handy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. handy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. Handy: Rhymezone
  18. Handy (nt), handy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. handy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. handy: Free Dictionary
  21. handy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Handy: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. handy: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. handy: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. handy: Netlingo
  2. Handy: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. HANDY: Acronym Finder
  2. Handy: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. handy, handy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Handy: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  3. handy, handy: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See handier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Easy to use, useful.
adjective:  Nearby, within reach.
adjective:  Dexterous, skilful. (of a person)
adjective:  (slang) Physically violent; tending to use one's fists.
adjective:  Of a freight ship: having a small cargo capacity (less than 40,000 DWT); belonging to the handysize class.
noun:  (childish) The hand.
noun:  (MLE, slang) A handgun.
noun:  (vulgar, slang) A hand job.
noun:  (mostly used by Germans) Synonym of mobile phone
noun:  A surname transferred from the nickname.
noun:  (rare) A male given name from English.

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