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Panhandled vs Manhandled - What's the difference?

panhandled | manhandled |

As verbs the difference between panhandled and manhandled

is that panhandled is past tense of panhandle while manhandled is past tense of manhandle.

panhandled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (panhandle)

    • panhandle

    English

    Etymology 1

    pan + handle

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The handle of a pan.
  • (cartography, US) On a map, where a part of a political entity forms a longish extension such that it resembles the handle of a pan, as with a frying pan.
    • The three counties that form the Oklahoma panhandle were originally part of the Cimmaron Strip.
    The very wide Texas panhandle butts up, at its north, against the Oklahoma panhandle.
    The Florida panhandle is the area west, along the Gulf coast, of the Florida Peninsula.
    Part of Fairfield County, Connecticut consitutes a panhandle, extending into Bronx County, New York.

    Etymology 2

    Probable

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (US) To beg for money, especially with a container in hand for receiving loose change, especially on the street, and particularly, by a bum.

    • manhandled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (manhandle)

    • manhandle

    English

    Alternative forms

    * man-handle

    Verb

    (manhandl)
  • (nautical) To move something heavy by force of men, without aid of levers, pulleys, machine, or tackles.
  • * 1876 , , "Bridegroom Dick":
    • I see him—Tom—on horse-block standing,
    Trumpet at mouth, thrown up all amain,
    An elephant's bugle, vociferous demanding
    Of topmen aloft in the hurricane of rain,
    "Letting that sail there your faces flog?
    Manhandle it, men, and you'll get the good grog!"
  • To assault or beat up a person.
  • * 1918 , , The Forty-Niners , ch. 13:
    • The polls were guarded by bullies who did not hesitate at command to manhandle any decent citizen indicated by the local leaders.
  • To mishandle; to handle roughly; to mangle.
  • * 1996 April 21, Barbara Stewart, " Another Harvest: One Farm, One Life," New York Times (retrieved 6 Nov 2012):
    • She yells at people who manhandle the tomatoes or break the beans.
  • To control (a machine, vehicle, situation, etc.) by means of physical strength.
  • * 2010 July 3, Juliet Macur, " Riders Gird for Four Challenging, Engrossing Stages of the Tour," New York Times (retrieved 6 Nov 2012):
    • Riders who succeed on this terrain are able to manhandle their bike as it rattles over the bumps.