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overhandled

overhandled is the simple past and past participle of overhandle.

Meaning of overhandle

Verb

overhandle (third-person singular simple present overhandles, present participle overhandling, simple past and past participle overhandled)

  1. (transitive) To handle excessively.
    • What makes these goodies different, the company says, is that they are formed by robotic machines so that the dough is not toughened by overhandling.2008 March 26, Florence Fabricant, “Croissants Made by Robots”, in New York Times

Questions about overhandled

What is overhandled the simple past and past participle of?
Overhandled is the simple past and past participle of overhandle.

Words near overhandled in the dictionary

  1. overhandicapped
  2. overhandicapping
  3. overhandicaps
  4. overhanding
  5. overhandle
  6. overhandled
  7. overhandles
  8. overhandling
  9. overhands
  10. overhang
  11. overhang seat

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