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overhandle

verb

To handle excessively.

Scrabble 17

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Meanings

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

present singular third person overhandles · participle present overhandling · participle past overhandled · past overhandled

transitiveTo 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

Origin

From over- + handle.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with overhandle

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Cite this entry

APA

overhandle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhandle

MLA

“overhandle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhandle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overhandle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhandle.

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