Handyman
//ˈhændimæn// noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who does small tasks and odd jobs, especially building repairs and the like. informal
"I complained that the heat was not working, and the landlord sent the handyman to fix it."
- 2 a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks wordnet
Verb
- 1 To work as a handyman; to do odd jobs. informal, intransitive
"Instead I walk, uncertainly across the concrete backyard my father and his friends handymanned into existence so proudly, so that none of us would ever have to play in dirt, in muck, in mud again."
Example
More examples"A handyman who possesses a chainsaw is not a handyman, but a terrorist."
Etymology
From handy + -man.
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