Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To work as a handyman; to do odd jobs.

Examples

20 sentences

  1. Tom used to be our handyman.

    deTom war unser Handwerker. — christian42

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  2. Tom is an all-around handyman.

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  3. Tom is a handyman.

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  4. I'm not a handyman.

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  5. Tom isn't a handyman.

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Origin

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

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Forms

handymans, handymanning, handymanned, handymanned
Base formhandyman · to handyman
3rd person singularhandymans
Present participlehandymanning
Past simplehandymanned
Past participlehandymanned

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhandyman
he, she, ithandymans

Past simpleLesson

all personshandymanned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave handymanned
he, she, ithas handymanned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill handyman

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
handwritingB1handwrittenhandyB1hangB1hangar

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