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- DictionaryMan·han·dle/ˈmanˌhandəl/
verb
- 1. move (a heavy object) by hand with great effort: "seven guys had to manhandle the piano down the stairs"
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.
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.
5 days ago · 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.
Nov 2, 2023 · ( transitive, nautical) To move something heavy by force of men, without aid of levers, pulleys, machine, or tackles . ( transitive) To assault or beat up a person. Synonym: rough up. ( transitive) To mishandle; to handle roughly; to mangle . Synonyms: mistreat, maltreat.
manhandle. verb. 1. rough up, pull, push, paw (informal), maul, handle roughly, knock about or around Foreign journalists were manhandled by the police. 2. haul, carry, pull, push, lift, manoeuvre, tug, shove, hump (Brit. slang), heave The three of us manhandled the dinghy out of the shed.
Manhandle definition, to handle roughly. See more. Games; Featured; Pop culture ... Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary ...
manhandle something + adv./prep. to move or lift a heavy object using a lot of effort synonym haul. They were trying to manhandle an old sofa across the road. See manhandle in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
