What does HANDLING mean?

Definitions for HANDLING
ˈhænd lɪŋhan·dling

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. handlingnoun

    manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something

  2. handling, manipulationnoun

    the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means

  3. 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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  1. 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

  1. Handling

    of Handle

  2. Handlingnoun

    a touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t

  3. Handlingverb

    the mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch

  4. Etymology: [AS. handlung.]

Editors Contribution

  1. 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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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'HANDLING' in Nouns Frequency: #2280

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of HANDLING in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of HANDLING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of HANDLING in a Sentence

  1. Dana Rohrabacher:

    At no time did I endorse training toddlers in handling guns. Nor was the idea even presented to me directly, i love good satire, but good satire must reveal some basis in truth. This was fraud, a sick fraud at that, and its intention was to deceive the American people for political purposes.

  2. Hua Chunying:

    We firmly oppose foreign delegations making statements with irresponsible criticism about China's handling of judicial matters.

  3. Sam Cinquegrani:

    I doubt they could figure out something this complicated in a minute with so many people logged on. No website is perfect so it’s very likely that there was the sold out sign was their exception handling …or someone had the pass in their card and decided to change their mind.

  4. Boomerang CEO Mark Patterson:

    The cars are not running in these garages so there's a big savings on air handling equipment, you need seven or eight air changes an hour with traditional carparks versus just one or two with this system.

  5. Syahrul Yasin Limpo:

    Very serious handling is being carried out, including isolating those areas.

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