manual

noun

1. Synonym of handbook.
2. A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.

   “The dishwasher isn't working; can you remember where we put the manual?”

3. A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
4. (historical)An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
5. A keyboard on an organ.
6. (countable, uncountable)A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.

   “Tom's transmission shop can fix both manuals and automatics.”

7. (countable, metonymically, uncountable)A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.

   “I'm not used to automatics; I've always driven manuals.”

8. (countable, uncountable)A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.
9. (countable, uncountable)A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.
10. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine.

    “do a manual”

    “give someone a quick manual”

11. (countable, uncountable)A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine.
12. (countable, uncountable)A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine.

    “In short tutorials, the player learns the basics of skating: reverts, manuals and the ollie – that is, sliding round when coming out of a trick, lifting two wheels off the ground and jumping with the board.”

13. (uncountable)Manual control or operation.

    “Put the controls to manual.”

    “Leave the system on manual.”

adj

1. Performed with the hands.

   “She gave a wild manual brush to her locks.”

2. Operated by means of the hands.
3. Performed by a human rather than a machine.

   “The teacher urged the students to do a manual check, because some errors aren't picked up by the spell checker.”

name

1. A male given name from Spanish: a rare spelling variant of Manuel, sometimes considered erroneous.