'Handling' definitions:

Definition of 'handling'

(from WordNet)
noun
Manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something
noun
The action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means [syn: handling, manipulation]
noun
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" [syn: treatment, handling]

Definition of 'Handling'

From: GCIDE
  • Handle \Han"dle\ (h[a^]n"d'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Handling (-dl[i^]ng).] [OE. handlen, AS. handlian; akin to D. handelen to trade, G. handeln. See Hand.]
  • 1. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand. [1913 Webster]
  • Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh. --Luke xxiv. 39. [1913 Webster]
  • About his altar, handling holy things. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully. [1913 Webster]
  • That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands. [1913 Webster]
  • The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to house and handle their colts six months every year. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To deal with; to make a business of. [1913 Webster]
  • They that handle the law knew me not. --Jer. ii. 8. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To treat; to use, well or ill. [1913 Webster]
  • How wert thou handled being prisoner? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To manage; to control; to practice skill upon. [1913 Webster]
  • You shall see how I will handle her. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection. [1913 Webster]
  • We will handle what persons are apt to envy others. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • To handle without gloves. See under Glove. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Handling'

From: GCIDE
  • Handling \Han"dling\ (h[a^]n"dl[i^]ng), n. [AS. handlung.]
  • 1. A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t. [1913 Webster]
  • The heavens and your fair handling Have made you master of the field this day. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Drawing, Painting, etc.) The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch. --Fairholt. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'handling'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Handling'