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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.
1. : to handle roughly. 2. : to move or manage by human force. manhandled the posts into place. Synonyms. maltreat. maul. mishandle. rough (up) See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of manhandle in a Sentence. They manhandled the heavy boxes onto the truck. She manhandled the posts into place. He was manhandling the boy.
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. 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]
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.
to touch or hold someone roughly and with force, often when taking them somewhere: There were complaints that the police had manhandled some of the demonstrators. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way. accompanied by someone/something. accompany someone to something.
Definition of manhandle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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: 1 : to move (something) by using rough force; 2 : to treat (someone) in a rough or physically harmful way.
