Definition of handles

handles

• good dribbling skills with a basketball.

  He's got mad handles like Iverson.

  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by dre from Alhambra, CA, USA on Jan 14 2003.

• the ability to dribble a basketball well with either hand.

  Yo, scope my man out! He's got some serious handles!

  Last edited on Apr 24 2003. Submitted by RUBEN V. on Apr 24 2003.

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Other terms relating to 'handle':
fly off the handle	Definitions include: to become enraged.
handle	Definitions include: a bottle of liquor that has a handle.
love handle	Definitions include: subcutaneous fat deposits on the external oblique muscles of the abdomen - i.e. fat on one's sides.

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