handlebar; handgrip; stem; handlebars(the bar at the front of a bicycle etc. which is held by the rider and by which the bicycle etc. is steered • The cyclist was thrown over the handlebars when the bike crashed); helm(the wheel or handle by which a ship is steered); rudder(a flat piece of wood, metal etc. fixed to the back of a boat for steering; a similar device on an aircraft); steering-wheel(the wheel in a car for steering it, fixed to the steering-column, or the wheel on a ship that is turned to control the rudder); wheel(any of several things similar in shape and action • a potter's wheel; He was found drunk at the wheel (= steering-wheel) of his car)