manhandleman‧han‧dle /ˈmænhændl/ verb [transitive] 
Verb Table Examples
It had ended with Tony physically manhandling her out of the house.2to move a heavy object using forcemanhandle something into/onto/across etc something We lifted it off the truck and manhandled it into the workshop.
Verb TableVERB TABLE
manhandle
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | manhandle |
| he, she, it | manhandles | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | manhandled |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have manhandled |
| he, she, it | has manhandled | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had manhandled |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will manhandle |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have manhandled |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am manhandling |
| he, she, it | is manhandling | |
| you, we, they | are manhandling | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was manhandling |
| you, we, they | were manhandling | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been manhandling |
| he, she, it | has been manhandling | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been manhandling |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be manhandling |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been manhandling |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Rivera claimed he was kicked and manhandled by police.
- The gang manhandled the stolen trailer through a gap in the fence.
- The soldiers were manhandling two men into the yard.
- A ground party was immediately organised to manhandle the aircraft on to sheets of corrugated iron positioned on the tarmac.
- In his rear mirror he watched his father struggle with the doors and manhandle the basket on to the ground.
- It was all manhandled in those days.
- Several foreign journalists who tried to film the incident were themselves manhandled by security forces and briefly detained.
- This would be such a female as our already seriously humbled hero could not manhandle as mere booty.
- Unaffected adventurers can help their friends to leave the Tower, but affected characters will have to be manhandled out of the place.
- We manhandled the formwork into position, digging out here and there to get it level in both directions.
Longman Language Activatorto push something or someone► push
1to push or handle someone roughlymanhandle somebody into/through etc something to push something or someone, especially with your hands, so that they move away from you: · We pushed as hard as we could, but we couldn't get the bus to move.· Mum, William pushed me!push something/somebody to/into/from etc something: · She pushed the table into a corner of the classroom.· Pushing his plate to one side he called for the waiter.· Witnesses had seen the man push Mrs Cooper off the bridge into the canal.
► give something/somebody a push to push something or someone once, so that you force them to move: · "Go away!" she said, giving him a push.· He reached out and gave the door a gentle push.
► shove informal to push something or someone, using your hands or shoulders, in a rough or careless way: · The children were all pushing and shoving each other.shove somebody/something against/aside/under etc something: · One of the soldiers shoved her roughly against the wall.· Tom shoved his suitcase under the bed.· Armed police shoved the protestors aside to make way for the president's car.
► give something/somebody a shove to push something or someone suddenly and strongly to force them to move: · If the door won't open just give it a shove.· "Mind your own business!" said Graham, giving me a shove.
► hustle to push someone along roughly in order to make them move forward quickly: hustle somebody out/into etc: · Two policemen quickly appeared and hustled him out.· Martin seized her arm and hustled her away.· The two men were hustled into a police van and driven away.
► bundle to quickly push someone or something into something such as a car, a bag, or a cupboard, for example because you are in a hurry or you want to hide something: · Her friends managed to get her out of the pub and bundled her home.bundle somebody/something into something: · He had been bundled into the back of a Volkswagen by three masked men.· I collected up the dirty washing and bundled it into the washing machine.
► manhandle to move someone who does not want to move or something that is difficult to move by holding on to them and pushing them roughly: manhandle somebody/something into/out/towards etc: · The soldiers were manhandling two men into the yard.· The gang manhandled the stolen trailer through a gap in the fence.
It had ended with Tony physically manhandling her out of the house.2to move a heavy object using forcemanhandle something into/onto/across etc something We lifted it off the truck and manhandled it into the workshop.