handle+roughly

  • 71mistreat — [v] treat badly or wrongly abuse, backbite, bash, brutalize, bung up*, chop, do wrong, dump on*, give black eye*, handle roughly, harm, injure, kick around, knock around, maltreat, maul, mess up, misuse, molest, outrage, push around, rip,… …

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  • 72misuse — [n] abuse; wrong application abusage, barbarism, catachresis, corruption, cruel treatment, desecration, dissipation, exploitation, harm, ill treatment, injury, malapropism, maltreatment, misapplication, misemployment, mistreatment, misusage,… …

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  • 73melk-1 —     melk 1     English meaning: to rub (?)     Deutsche Übersetzung: “worũber streichen”     Note: parallel root to melĝ .     Material: Lat. mulceō, ēre, mulsī, sum “ to stroke, graze, touch lightly, fondle; rustle through; to move; to soothe …

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  • 74jibe — [1] (also gibe) ► NOUN ▪ an insulting or mocking remark. ► VERB ▪ make jibes. ORIGIN perhaps from Old French giber handle roughly : related to JIB(Cf. ↑jibber) …

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  • 75manhandle — ► VERB 1) move (a heavy object) with effort. 2) handle roughly by dragging or pushing …

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  • 76scrag — ► VERB (scragged, scragging) informal, chiefly Brit. ▪ handle roughly; beat up. ► NOUN 1) an unattractively thin person or animal. 2) archaic, informal the neck. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of Scots and northern English crag «neck» …

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  • 77tousle — ► VERB ▪ make (something, especially a person s hair) untidy. ORIGIN from dialect touse «handle roughly», of Germanic origin …

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  • 78tussle — ► NOUN ▪ a vigorous struggle or scuffle. ► VERB ▪ engage in a tussle. ORIGIN perhaps from dialect touse «handle roughly», the root also of TOUSLE(Cf. ↑tousle) …

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  • 79gibe — [jīb] vi., vt. gibed, gibing [< ? OFr giber, to handle roughly] to jeer or taunt; scoff (at) n. a jeer; taunt; scoff giber n …

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  • 80manhandle — [man′han΄dəl] vt. manhandled, manhandling 1. to move or do by human strength only, without mechanical aids 2. to handle roughly …

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