Word Study
manhandle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb manhandle has 1 sense
- manhandle(v = verb.contact) Array - handle roughly; "I was manhandled by the police" is one way to handle, palm
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
manhandle, v. t.
- To move, or manage, by human force without mechanical aid; as, to manhandle a cannon. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- To handle roughly; as, the captive was manhandled. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
manhandle, v.tr.
1 move (heavy objects) by human effort.
2 colloq. handle (a person) roughly.
1 move (heavy objects) by human effort.
2 colloq. handle (a person) roughly.
THESAURUS
manhandle
abuse, batter, bear, beat up, belabor, bruise, buffet, bung up, carry, carry away, carry off, cart away, clobber, conduct, convey, delocalize, dislodge, displace, do violence to, do wrong by, do wrong to, fly, freight, ill-treat, ill-use, injure, knock about, knock around, lay aside, lift, lug, maltreat, mangle, maul, mishandle, mistreat, molest, move, outrage, pack, paw, pummel, put aside, relocate, remove, rough, rough up, roughhouse, savage, send, set aside, shift, shunt, side, take, take away, tote, transport, trounce, waft, whisk, wing
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