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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.
Manhandle definition: to handle roughly.. See examples of MANHANDLE used in a sentence.
MANHANDLE meaning: 1. to touch or hold someone roughly and with force, often when taking them somewhere: 2. to move…. Learn more.
If you manhandle something big or heavy somewhere, you move it there by hand. The three of us manhandled the uncovered dinghy out of the shed. [ VERB noun preposition/adverb ]
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.
manhandle somebody to push, pull or handle somebody roughly. Bystanders claim they were manhandled by security guards. They were manhandled into a waiting truck.
