MANHANDLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manhandle mean? 

• MANHANDLE (verb)
  The verb MANHANDLE has 1 sense:

1. handle roughly

  Familiarity information: MANHANDLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANHANDLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they manhandle    ... he / she / it manhandles   
Past simple: manhandled   
Past participle: manhandled   
-ing form: manhandling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Handle roughly

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

I was manhandled by the police

Hypernyms (to "manhandle" is one way to...):

handle; palm (touch, lift, or hold with the hands)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody