handling
noun
- dealing with a situation
- physical manipulation of animals and humans to induce a behavioral or other psychological reaction
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/ / /ˈhændlɪŋ/
noun
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”).
- A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
“baggage handling”
“the heauens, and your faire handeling / Haue made you maister of the field this day”
- The mechanism for handling or manipulating something.
“In mortal terror of people forcing an entrance at such an hour, and in such a manner as to leave no doubt of their purpose, I would have turned to fly when first I heard the noise, only that I feared by any quick motion to catch their attention, as I also ran the danger of doing by opening the door, which was all but closed, and to whose handlings I was unaccustomed.”
- The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
“A miniature[…]remarkable for its brilliancy of colour and charming freedom of handling.”
- A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.
verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
- present participle and gerund of handle