handling

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A touching, controlling, managing, using, take care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The mechanism for handling or manipulating something.
3. (countable, uncountable) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
4. (countable, uncountable) A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.

Verb

present participle and gerund of handle

Synonyms

treatment

processing

manipulation

management

operation

working

labor

disposal

labour

performance

dealing

use

trouble

control

transaction

loading

usage

touching

redaction

ring

💍

rink

scheme

service

shipment

supply

swinging

treating

unloading

loading and unloading

riding school

bulk handling

freight handling

on-loading

method of capture

loading and discharging

care

hand on the ball

consideration

cure

deal

delivery

dispose

editing

embarkation

handball

hand ball

intervention

laden

machining

manoeuvre

manufacture

officiation

ploy

reception

Translations

manipulación

Handhabung

manipulation

traitement

manejo

maniement

Behandlung

Bedienung

behandeling

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: handlinge

Inherited from Old English: handlung

Cognate with Dutch: handeling

Cognate with German: Handlung

Cognate with Swedish: handling

In summary

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”).