handling means A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
handling is pronounced /ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/.
Etymology
From Middle English handlinge, hondlunge, from Old English handlung (“handling”), equivalent to handle + -ing. Cognate with Dutch handeling (“trade, operation, action”), German Handlung (“act, action”), Swedish handling (“act, deed, action”).
noun
- A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.e.g.“baggage handling”
- The mechanism for handling or manipulating something.
- The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.e.g.“A miniature[…]remarkable for its brilliancy of colour and charming freedom of handling.” — 1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, Critical Reviews:
- A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.
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