How to pronounce “handsel”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (obsolete) A lucky omen.
• A gift given at New Year, or at the start of some enterprise or new situation, meant to ensure good luck.
• (archaic) Price, payment; especially the first installment of a series.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To give a handsel to.
• (transitive) To inaugurate by means of some ceremony; to break in.
• (transitive) To use or do for the first time, especially so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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