"grab handle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grab handles [plural]
Rhymes: -ændəl Head templates: {{en-noun}} grab handle (plural grab handles)
  1. (graphical user interface) A visual cue indicating where a displayed object can be activated for resizing, etc. using the pointing device. Categories (topical): Graphical user interface
    Sense id: en-grab_handle-en-noun-VxwPvOpD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. A handle a person can hold on to for support, or to aid access. Translations (handle to grab onto): 吊り革 (tsurikawa) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-grab_handle-en-noun-ltEU4Qt5 Disambiguation of 'handle to grab onto': 21 79

Inflected forms

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