handling.
A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
Meaning & usage
A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
baggage handling
The mechanism for handling or manipulating something.
The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.
Where this word comes from
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”).
present participle and gerund of handle
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.