"womanhandle" meaning in English

See womanhandle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: womanhandles [present, singular, third-person], womanhandling [participle, present], womanhandled [participle, past], womanhandled [past]
Etymology: Blend of woman + manhandle Etymology templates: {{blend|en|woman|manhandle}} Blend of woman + manhandle Head templates: {{en-verb}} womanhandle (third-person singular simple present womanhandles, present participle womanhandling, simple past and past participle womanhandled)
  1. (transitive, rare, humorous) To handle someone or something gently, or with very little effort (sometimes as opposed to manhandle). Tags: humorous, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-womanhandle-en-verb-ZUKOt3UN
  2. (transitive, rare, humorous) To manhandle or treat roughly (when done by a woman). Tags: humorous, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-womanhandle-en-verb-mgA0OXfm Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English blends: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: woman-handle

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1915, Jack London, The Little Lady of the Big House:",
          "text": "It seems humanly reasonable that the three of us can woman-handle a mere man of your elderly and insulting avoirdupois.",
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          "ref": "2001, Keith Spratley, TimeJack:",
          "text": "Awkwardly, Jenny managed to open the front door and womanhandle Brian into the hallway.",
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          "ref": "2007, Lee Patterson, Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales: A Casebook:",
          "text": "What she finds is that her experience has provided her with extensive resources for continuing to womanhandle the authorities […]",
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          "text": "Awkwardly, Jenny managed to open the front door and womanhandle Brian into the hallway.",
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