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- Dictionarymanhandle/ˈmanhandl/
verb
- 1. move (a heavy object) by hand with great effort: "men used to manhandle the piano down the stairs" Similar
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MANHANDLE definition: 1. to touch or hold someone roughly and with force, often when taking them somewhere: 2. to move…. Learn more.
The meaning of MANHANDLE is to handle roughly. How to use manhandle in a sentence.
to move by human strength, without the use of mechanical appliances. manhandle. / ˌmænˈhændəl; ˈmænˌhændəl / verb. to handle or push (someone) about roughly. to move or do by manpower rather than by machinery.
MANHANDLE meaning: 1. to touch or hold someone roughly and with force, often when taking them somewhere: 2. to move…. Learn more.
1. verb. If someone is manhandled, they are physically held or pushed, for example when they are being taken somewhere. Foreign journalists were manhandled by armed police, and told to leave. [be VERB -ed] A porter arrived, manhandled me into a wheelchair and took me to another room for X-rays. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] [Also VERB noun]
When you manhandle something, you pick it up, push it, or pull it roughly. You might gasp watching movers manhandle your fragile furniture as they load it into a moving van. You can manhandle things, and you can also manhandle people, shoving or grabbing them.
1. to handle or push (someone) about roughly. 2. to move or do by manpower rather than by machinery. [C19: from man + handle; sense 1 perhaps also influenced by Devon dialect manangle to mangle]
Definitions of 'manhandle' 1. If someone is manhandled, they are physically held or pushed, for example when they are being taken somewhere. [...] 2. If you manhandle something big or heavy somewhere, you move it there by hand. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'manhandle' American English: mænhændəl British English: mænhændəl. More.
manhandle meaning, definition, what is manhandle: to push or handle someone roughly: Learn more.
MANHANDLE meaning: 1 : to move (something) by using rough force; 2 : to treat (someone) in a rough or physically harmful way.
