handle without gloves

verb

To treat with vigour or with scant ceremony.

Meanings

verbhandle without gloves (third-person singular simple present handles without gloves, present participle handling without gloves, simple past and past participle handled without gloves)

present singular third person handles without gloves · participle present handling without gloves · participle past handled without gloves · past handled without gloves

  1. transitiveTo treat with vigour or with scant ceremony.

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “handle without gloves,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handle%20without%20gloves.

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