MANHANDLE


Meaning of MANHANDLE in English

(~s, manhandling, ~d)

1.

If someone is ~d, they are physically held or pushed, for example when they are being taken somewhere.

Foreign journalists were ~d by armed police, and told to leave...

They ~d the old man along the corridor.

VERB: be V-ed, V n prep/adv, also V n

2.

If you ~ something big or heavy somewhere, you move it there by hand.

The three of us ~d the uncovered dinghy out of the shed.

VERB: V n prep/adv

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