Handling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Handling is a noun meaning A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
Meaning
A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
More Meanings
- (art) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
- A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.
- present participle and gerund of handle
- (obsolete) The mechanism for handling or manipulating something.
Example Sentences
baggage handling
the heauens, and your faire handeling / Haue made you maister of the field this day
A miniature[…]remarkable for its brilliancy of colour and charming freedom of handling.
1864, Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives […] at San Francisco it is warehoused and reshipped to Liverpool, or other foreign market; and in exchange for this wheat, comes back the merchandise which has to pass through all these shipments, reshipments, warehousings, handlings, &c.
Word Forms
- handlings
Synonyms for handling
Depending on context, synonyms include treatment, manipulation.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include manipulation, treatment, handing, manage, execution, control.
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