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handymanning

handymanning is the present participle and gerund of handyman.

Meaning of handyman

Verb

handyman (third-person singular simple present handymans, present participle handymanning, simple past and past participle handymanned)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To work as a handyman; to do odd jobs.
    • Instead I walk, uncertainly across the concrete backyard my father and his friends handymanned into existence so proudly, so that none of us would ever have to play in dirt, in muck, in mud again.2014, Peter Wells, Boy Overboard

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Questions about handymanning

What is handymanning the present participle and gerund of?
Handymanning is the present participle and gerund of handyman.

Words near handymanning in the dictionary

  1. handyman special
  2. handyman specials
  3. handyman's special
  4. handyman's specials
  5. handymanned
  6. handymanning
  7. handymans
  8. handymax
  9. handymen
  10. handypeople
  11. handyperson

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handymanning (page history and authors); handyman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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