womanhandle

W4O1M3A1N1H4A1N1D2L1E1
UK, US/ˈwʊm.ənˌhæn.dəl/

verb

To handle someone or something gently, or with very little effort (sometimes as opposed to manhandle).

Opposite
Scrabble 20

Meanings

verbwomanhandle (third-person singular simple present womanhandles, present participle womanhandling, simple past and past participle womanhandled)

present singular third person womanhandles · participle present womanhandling · participle past womanhandled · past womanhandled · alternative woman-handle

  1. humorousraretransitiveTo handle someone or something gently, or with very little effort (sometimes as opposed to manhandle).

    The way I let Henry and Luke womanhandle you?

    2011, Valerie Kirkwood, Accidentally Yours
    3 more examples

    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

    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
  2. humorousraretransitiveTo 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

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Cite this entry
APA

womanhandle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanhandle

MLA

“womanhandle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanhandle. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “womanhandle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanhandle.

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