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Manhandle   /mˈænhˌændəl/   Listen
verb
Manhandle  v. t.  (past & past part. manhandled; pres. part. manhandling)  
1.
To move, or manage, by human force without mechanical aid; as, to manhandle a cannon.
2.
To handle roughly; as, the captive was manhandled.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Manhandle" Quotes from Famous Books



... Leonard intensely, "I've got to have it—understand? I don't mind your stealing it. I won't say a word to you about that, but I'll manhandle the scoundrel that's ...
— The Cruise of the Dry Dock • T. S. Stribling
... him up! Don't strike him when he's down! Air! Who? The soldier hit him. He's a professor. Is he hurted? Don't manhandle him! ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce


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