Meaning & use
Manhandles
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Handles roughly or moves someone or something using force.
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The security guard manhandles unruly customers out of the store.
He manhandles the heavy crates onto the truck without any lifting equipment.
A note on using this word
Originally a nautical term for moving heavy objects by human strength alone, without machinery.
Words with a similar meaning
rough upshove
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