manhandle
(verb) handle roughly; “I was manhandled by the police”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
manhandle (third-person singular simple present manhandles, present participle manhandling, simple past and past participle manhandled)
(transitive, nautical) To move something heavy by force of men, without aid of levers, pulleys, machine, or tackles.
(transitive) To assault or beat up a person.
(transitive) To mishandle; to handle roughly; to mangle.
(transitive) To control (a machine, vehicle, situation, etc.) by means of physical strength.
• mistreat
• maltreat
• rough up
• womanhandle
Source: Wiktionary
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.
2. To handle roughly; as, the captive was manhandled.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 December 2024
(verb) commit fraud and steal from one’s employer; “We found out that she had been fiddling for years”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
