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Antonyms for manhandling

Grammar : Verb
Spell : man-han-dl, man-han-dl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmænˌhæn dl, mænˈhæn dl


Definition of manhandling

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "wield a tool," also, late 15c., "to attack (an enemy)," from man (n.) + handle (v.). Nautical meaning "to move by force of men" (without levers or tackle) is attested from 1834, and is the source of the slang meaning "to handle roughly" (1865).
  • [T]he two Canalers rushed into the uproar, and sought to drag their man out of it toward the forecastle. Others of the sailors joined with them in this attempt, and a twisted turmoil ensued; while standing out of harm's way, the valiant captain danced up and down with a whale-pike, calling upon his officers to manhandle that atrocious scoundrel, and smoke him along to the quarter-deck. [Melville, "The Town-Ho's Story," "Harper's" magazine, October 1851]
  • verb push
Example sentences :
  • You know he's got a system of manhandling that's near the record in these parts.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • Presently the giant paused in manhandling his men, and sniffed the air.
  • Extract from : « The Moon Colony » by William Dixon Bell
  • By manhandling Bud Hemmingway for wrapping up the wrong ankle, maam!
  • Extract from : « The Ranchman » by Charles Alden Seltzer
  • Forgive me for manhandling you—and all the rest, if you can!
  • Extract from : « The Lamp in the Desert » by Ethel M. Dell
  • They passed two more parties of aliens on the move, manhandling with them bulky objects the Terran could not identify.
  • Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton
  • If you know your little book, you'll come through at once and save yourself a manhandling.
  • Extract from : « The Day of Days » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Yet, in a truer sense, he felt that the necessity of manhandling him would be the final touch in this degrading interview.
  • Extract from : « Queed » by Henry Sydnor Harrison

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