Home › Words › H › handpanhandpanhandpan means A type of steelpan that is played with the hands, typically resting on the player's lap.EtymologyBlend of hand + steelpan, coined as a generic alternative to Hang, late 2000s.nounA type of steelpan that is played with the hands, typically resting on the player's lap.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).