HANDY, W.C.

Meaning of HANDY, W.C. in English

Handy, W.C. BrE AmE

(1873–1958) a US ↑ jazz musician and writer of jazz songs, thought to be the first person to write BLUES music. He is especially known for his song St Louis Blues .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

HANDY, W.C. — born Nov. 16, 1873, Florence, Ala., U.S. died March 28, 1958, New York, N.Y. Handy in full William Christopher Handy …
Britannica English vocabulary
HANDY, W C — born Nov. 16, 1873, Florence, Ala., U.S. died March 28, 1958, New York, N.Y. U.S. composer, cornetist, and bandleader known …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HANDY, W. C. — см. Handy, William Christopher
W — I. noun Date: 1960 W particle , II. abbreviation watt, III. symbol Etymology: German Wolfram tungsten
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
W — I. ˈdəbəl(ˌ)yü, -lyə; in rapid speech also -b(ə)yə or -byē noun ( plural w's or ws ) Usage: often capitalized, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANDY — I. ˈhandē, ˈhaan-, -di adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: hand (I) + -y 1. obsolete : performed by hand handy …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
W — () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the …
Английский словарь Webster
HANDY — (superl.) Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; …
Английский словарь Webster
C — () C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old …
Английский словарь Webster
W — the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HANDY — ( superl. ) Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
C — C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Latin …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HANDY — — handiness , n. /han"dee/ , adj., handier, handiest . 1. within easy reach; conveniently available; accessible: The aspirins are …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
C — 1. cocaine. 2. Gram. complement. 3. consonant. 4. coulomb. 5. county (used with a number to designate a county road): …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
W — I. ˈdə-bəl-(ˌ)yü, ˈdə-bə-; ˈdəb-(ˌ)yü, -yə; ˈdəb-yē noun ( plural w's or ws -(ˌ)yüz, -yəz, -yēz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
W — I. noun Date: 1960 : W particle II. abbreviation watt III. symbol Etymology: German Wolfram tungsten
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANDY — adjective ( hand·i·er ; -est ) Date: 1650 1. a. : conveniently near b. : convenient for use c. of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
C — noun ( plural c's or cs ˈsēz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 3d letter of the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
W — the twenty-third letter of the english alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second …
Webster English vocab
HANDY — superl performed by the hand. 2. handy ·superl skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit. 3. handy ·superl easily …
Webster English vocab
C — as a numeral, c stands for latin centum or 100, cc for 200, ·etc. 2. c ·- the "c clef," …
Webster English vocab
W — W 1 (also w ) ■ noun ( plural Ws or W's ) 1》 the twenty-third letter of the alphabet. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
C — C 1 (also c ) ■ noun ( plural Cs or C's ) 1》 the third letter of the alphabet. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
W — [w] abbreviation warden, water, week, weight, Welsh, west, western, white, wicket, wide, width, wife, with, withdrawal, work W abbreviation energy, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HANDY — [handy] adj hand.i.er ; -est (1650) 1 a: conveniently near b: convenient for use c of a ship: easily handled …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
W — W, w BrE AmE ˈdʌb ə l juː -ju -jə —in American English sometimes reduced to ˈdʌb jə ▷ W's, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HANDY — hand|y, Handy BrE AmE ˈhænd |i ▷ hand|ier i‿ə AmE \ i‿ ə r ▷ hand|iest i‿ɪst i‿əst
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
C — C, c BrE AmE siː ▷ C's, Cs, c's siːz —Communications code name: Charlie ▶ ˌ C of ˈ E …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
W — ➡ W
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
W — / ˈdʌbljuː; NAmE / noun , abbreviation ■ noun (also w ) [ C , U ] ( pl. Ws …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANDY — / ˈhændi; NAmE / adjective ( hand·ier , handi·est ) ( informal ) 1. easy to use or to do …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
C — / siː; NAmE / noun , abbreviation , symbol ■ noun (also c ) [ C , U ] ( …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
W — I. W 1 BrE AmE , w /ˈdʌb ə ljuː/ ( plural W’s , w’s ) noun [uncountable and countable] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HANDY — Handy, W.C. BrE AmE (1873–1958) a US ↑ jazz musician and writer of jazz songs, thought to be the first …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HANDY — hand ‧ y S3 /ˈhændi/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative handier , superlative handiest ) [ Word Family: noun : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
C — I. C 1 BrE AmE , c /siː/ noun ( plural C’s , c’s ) [uncountable and countable] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
C — c ( also c. ) 1 . ( also C ) the written abbreviation of century : the economic changes …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
W — abbr. (also W.) 1 watt(s). 2 West; Western. 3 women's (size). 4 Welsh.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
W — n. (also w) (pl. Ws or W's) the twenty-third letter of the alphabet.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
C — n. (also c) (pl. Cs or C's) 1 the third letter of the alphabet. 2 Mus. the first note of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
W — abbr. (also W.) 1 watt(s). 2 West; Western. 3 women's (size). 4 Welsh.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
W — n. (also w) (pl. Ws or W's) the twenty-third letter of the alphabet.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
C — n. (also c) (pl. Cs or C's) 1 the third letter of the alphabet. 2 Mus. the first note of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
W — 1. n. (also w) (pl. Ws or W's) the twenty-third letter of the alphabet. 2. abbr. (also W.) 1. watt(s). …
Oxford English vocab
HANDY — ( handier, handiest) 1. Something that is handy is useful. Credit cards can be handy–they mean you do not have …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
W — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES C & W COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB say ▪ It used to be, says …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HANDY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a good/useful/helpful/handy tip ▪ Go to their website to find useful tips on buying and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
C — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an A/B/C student American English (= one who usually gets an A, B, or C for …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HANDY — (USEFUL) [adjective] -ier, -iest - useful or convenientA remote control for the TV would be very handy.First-time visitors to France …
Cambridge English vocab
W — (ELECTRICITY) [noun] [C] [plural] W - abbreviation for watta 100W light bulb
Cambridge English vocab
HANDY — Used in Germany for cell phone. Many people think this is the English word for the German word. Example: Can …
Slang English vocab
HANDY — adj. ( informal ) 1 useful VERBS ▪ be ▪ come in ▪ I advise you to buy one—it may …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HANDY — See ↑ CONVENIENT 2, ↑ NEAR 6, ↑ USEFUL 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ come in handy • ↑ convenient/handy for …
Longman Activator English vocab
HANDY — adj. 25B6; adjective a handy reference tool : USEFUL, convenient, practical, easy-to-use, well-designed, user-friendly, user-oriented, helpful, functional, serviceable. keep your …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
C+@ — (Formerly Calico). An object-oriented language from Bell Laboratories which uniformly represents all data as a pointer to a self-described object. …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
C+- — < language > (C More or Less) A subject-oriented language (SOL). Each C+- class instance, known as a subject, holds …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
C++ — < language > One of the most used object-oriented languages, a superset of C developed primarily by Bjarne Stroustrup bs@alice.att.com …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
C* — < language , parallel > An object-oriented , data-parallel superset of ANSI C with synchronous semantics , for the Connection …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
C — < language > A programming language designed by Dennis Ritchie at AT&T Bell Labs ca. 1972 for systems programming on …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
HANDY — ( William Christopher Handy 1873–58) a US musician who is often called ‘the father of the blues’. He wrote St …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
HANDY — adj. 1 nearby, accessible, available, at or on or to hand, close (by), convenient, at one's fingertips, within (easy) reach, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HANDY — can easily fix things He is very handy around the house and is always fixing or building something.
English Idioms vocab

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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