Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to manhandle
Participle: manhandled
Gerund: manhandling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | manhandle |
| you | manhandle |
| he;she;it | manhandles |
| we | manhandle |
| you | manhandle |
| they | manhandle |
Perfect
| I | have manhandled |
| you | have manhandled |
| he;she;it | has manhandled |
| we | have manhandled |
| you | have manhandled |
| they | have manhandled |
Past
| I | manhandled |
| you | manhandled |
| he;she;it | manhandled |
| we | manhandled |
| you | manhandled |
| they | manhandled |
Pluperfect
| I | had manhandled |
| you | had manhandled |
| he;she;it | had manhandled |
| we | had manhandled |
| you | had manhandled |
| they | had manhandled |
Future
| I | will manhandle |
| you | will manhandle |
| he;she;it | will manhandle |
| we | will manhandle |
| you | will manhandle |
| they | will manhandle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have manhandled |
| you | will have manhandled |
| he;she;it | will have manhandled |
| we | will have manhandled |
| you | will have manhandled |
| they | will have manhandled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | manhandle |
| you | manhandle |
| he;she;it | manhandle |
| we | manhandle |
| you | manhandle |
| they | manhandle |
Perfect
| I | have manhandled |
| you | have manhandled |
| he;she;it | have manhandled |
| we | have manhandled |
| you | have manhandled |
| they | have manhandled |
Imperfect
| I | manhandled |
| you | manhandled |
| he;she;it | manhandled |
| we | manhandled |
| you | manhandled |
| they | manhandled |
Pluperfect
| I | had manhandled |
| you | had manhandled |
| he;she;it | had manhandled |
| we | had manhandled |
| you | had manhandled |
| they | had manhandled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would manhandle |
| you | would manhandle |
| he;she;it | would manhandle |
| we | would manhandle |
| you | would manhandle |
| they | would manhandle |
Perfect
| I | would have manhandled |
| you | would have manhandled |
| he;she;it | would have manhandled |
| we | would have manhandled |
| you | would have manhandled |
| they | would have manhandled |
Imperative
| you | manhandle |
| we | Let's manhandle |
| you | manhandle |
Verbs conjugated like 'manhandle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'manhandle'
man-handle,
panhandle,
mishandle,
womanhandle,
behandle,
handle,
manacle,
outhandle,
rehandle,
woman-handle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English manne-handlen, man handelen, equivalent to man (“male person”) + handle.
Sample Sentences
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I see him—Tom—on horse-block standing,
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Trumpet at mouth, thrown up all amain,
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An elephant's bugle, vociferous demanding
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Of topmen aloft in the hurricane of rain,
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"Letting that sail there your faces flog?
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Manhandle it, men, and you'll get the good grog!" [1876, Herman Melville, Bridegroom Dick:]
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The polls were guarded by bullies who did not hesitate at command to manhandle any decent citizen indicated by the local leaders. [1918, Stewart Edward White, chapter 13, in The Forty-Niners, page 177:]
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She yells at people who manhandle the tomatoes or break the beans. [1996 April 21, Barbara Stewart, “Another Harvest: One Farm, One Life”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Nov 2012:]
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Britain’s most senior police chief defied pressure to resign as she dismissed “armchair” critics amid widespread outrage over officers manhandling women who were mourning the killing of Sarah Everard. [2021 March 14, Vikram Dodd, Aamna Mohdin, Aubrey Allegretti, “Cressida Dick refuses to quit over vigil policing and dismisses 'armchair critics'”, in The Guardian:]
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Riders who succeed on this terrain are able to manhandle their bike as it rattles over the bumps. [2010 July 3, Juliet Macur, “Riders Gird for Four Challenging, Engrossing Stages of the Tour”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Nov 2012:]