Dialectal (chiefly US and British regional) adverb meaning ‘near; close by’.
Definitionen
Near or close by; in a convenient or accessible position. The village store is handy to the main road.
Synonyme
within reach
close at hand
at hand
Informal/vulgar slang meaning ‘a handjob’; counts as a separate lexical item in current English usage.
Definitionen
(slang, vulgar) A manual stimulation of the genitals; a handjob. He joked that his date ended with nothing more than a quick handy.