womanhandle
UK/ˈwʊm.ənˌhæn.dəl/
womanhandle verb: to handle someone or something gently, or with very little effort (sometimes as opposed to manhandle).
Verb
womanhandle (third-person singular simple present womanhandles, present participle womanhandling, simple past and past participle womanhandled)
- To handle someone or something gently, or with very little effort (sometimes as opposed to manhandle).
- It seems humanly reasonable that the three of us can woman-handle a mere man of your elderly and insulting avoirdupois.1915, Jack London, The Little Lady of the Big House
- Awkwardly, Jenny managed to open the front door and womanhandle Brian into the hallway.2001, Keith Spratley, TimeJack
- To manhandle or treat roughly (when done by a woman).
- They womanhandled him down the hallway without any trouble at all. His feet, bumping him over the stone floor, were getting hurt. He had just decided it would be better to cooperate when, without any warning, they let him go. He fell face first […]2006, Hugh Cook, The Wordsmiths and the Warguild, page 121
Examples of womanhandle in a sentence
- What she finds is that her experience has provided her with extensive resources for continuing to womanhandle the authorities […]2007, Lee Patterson, Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales: A Casebook:
- The way I let Henry and Luke womanhandle you?2011, Valerie Kirkwood, Accidentally Yours:
Antonyms of womanhandle
Forms of womanhandle
| third-person singular present | womanhandles |
|---|---|
| present participle | womanhandling |
| past participle | womanhandled |
| past | womanhandled |
| alternative form | woman-handle |
Origin of womanhandle
Blend of woman + manhandle.
Questions about womanhandle
- What does womanhandle mean?
- Womanhandle means to handle someone or something gently, or with very little effort (sometimes as opposed to manhandle).
- How do you use womanhandle in a sentence?
- What she finds is that her experience has provided her with extensive resources for continuing to womanhandle the authorities […]
- What part of speech is womanhandle?
- Womanhandle is a verb.
- How do you pronounce womanhandle?
- Womanhandle is pronounced /ˈwʊm.ənˌhæn.dəl/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of womanhandle?
- The past tense of womanhandle is womanhandled.
Words near womanhandle in the dictionary
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