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1.nounA handbook.
2.nounA 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.nounA drill in the use of weapons, etc.
4.nounAn old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
5.nounA keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
6.nounA manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
7.noun(by synecdoche) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
8.nounA bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
9.nounManual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer."do a manual"