0 the act of a man sitting, especially on public transport, with his legs spread wide apart, in a way that means that the people next to him have less space: --
Manspreading is real! A new study has found that men stretch out their legs while seated on the subway five times more often than do female passengers.
Two men were allegedly arrested for manspreading, sitting with knees wide open, thus occupying two seats.
It’s no secret that manspreading is a hot topic of late, especially when it comes to feminist discourse.
It is the bane of many female subway riders, a practice with a name almost as off-putting as the act itself: manspreading.