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Definition of Manhandle
1. Verb. Handle roughly. "I was manhandled by the police"
Definition of Manhandle
1. v. t. To move, or manage, by human force without mechanical aid; as, to manhandle a cannon.
Definition of Manhandle
1. Verb. (nautical) ,(transitive) To move something heavy without aid of levers, pulleys or machine ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To assault or beat up a person ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To mishandle; to handle roughly; to mangle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Manhandle
1. [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manhandle
Literary usage of Manhandle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Saving the Tsars' Palaces by Christopher Morgan, Irina Orlova (2005)
"There was by now only a handful of curators and staff remaining in the palace
and how these few managed to manhandle such heavy statues and vases into the ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... into the very bedchamber where Bonaparte slept, and manhandle him bodily away
down through some of the nearest hollows, before any one was the wiser ? ..."
3. The Road by Jack London (1907)
"They had us cornered in the car, and they were going to come in and manhandle us.
They started. I didn't kick anybody in the face. ..."
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