Manhandle

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Manhandle \Man*han"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-handled}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {-handling}.]
     1. To move, or manage, by human force without mechanical aid;
        as, to manhandle a cannon.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  


     2. To handle roughly; as, the captive was manhandled.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  manhandle
       v : handle roughly; "I was manhandled by the police"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "manhandle":
     abuse, batter, bear, beat up, belabor, bruise, buffet, bung up,
     carry, carry away, carry off, cart away, clobber, conduct, convey,
     delocalize, dislodge, displace, do violence to, do wrong by,
     do wrong to, fly, freight, ill-treat, ill-use, injure, knock about,
     knock around, lay aside, lift, lug, maltreat, mangle, maul,
     mishandle, mistreat, molest, move, outrage, pack, paw, pummel,
     put aside, relocate, remove, rough, rough up, roughhouse, savage,
     send, set aside, shift, shunt, side, take, take away, tote,
     transport, trounce, waft, whisk, wing