What does handling mean?
Definitions for handling
ˈhænd lɪŋhan·dling
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word handling.
Princeton's WordNet
handlingnoun
manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something
handling, manipulationnoun
the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
treatment, handlingnoun
the management of someone or something
"the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system"
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handling
Handling refers to the way of managing, controlling, dealing with, or behaving towards something or someone. This term can also refer to the process of physically touching, moving or transporting an object. It is used across multiple fields like management, sports, psychology, logistics and marketing with varying meanings.
Webster Dictionary
Handling
of Handle
Handlingnoun
a touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t
Handlingverb
the mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch
Etymology: [AS. handlung.]
Editors Contribution
handlingverb
Verb form of the word handle.
The manual handling was easy, simple and efficient.
Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020
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Rank popularity for the word 'handling' in Nouns Frequency: #2280
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of handling in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of handling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of handling in a Sentence
I think Patricia Arquette's handling it like a grown-up person, patricia Arquette's handling it like a grown woman.
People in their handling of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
This is what you got to understand, don't take it wrong but Bre been handling all my money, she been handling my money.
Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing.
With allegations of sexual abuse that we take extremely seriously, one also has to be as meticulous as possible in handling numbers, in handling and interviewing victims, and it's exactly what we are doing.
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Translations for handling
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- manipulacióCatalan, Valencian
- Handling, Bedienung, Umgang, Hehlerei, HandhabungGerman
- alcahuetería, encubrimiento, manipulación, receptación, manejoSpanish
- käsittely, varastetun tavaran kauppaFinnish
- maniement, manipulationFrench
- glacadhIrish
- 取り扱いJapanese
- handteringNorwegian
- handteringNorwegian Nynorsk
- paserstwoPolish
- manejo, manipulaçãoPortuguese
- обработка, обхождение, манипулирование, обращение, обслуживаниеRussian
- kullanmaTurkish
- xử lýVietnamese
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