handling en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/
- /ˈhændlɪŋ/
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Etymology
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”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
the heauens, and your faire handeling / Haue made you maister of the field this day
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 28:1864, Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives […] at San Francisco it is warehoused and reshipped to Liverpool, or other foreign market; and in exchange for this wheat, comes back the merchandise which has to pass through all these shipments, reshipments, warehousings, handlings, &c.
baggage handling
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) The mechanism for handling or manipulating something.
In mortal terror of people forcing an entrance at such an hour, and in such a manner as to leave no doubt of their purpose, I would have turned to fly when first I heard the noise, only that I feared by any quick motion to catch their attention, as I also ran the danger of doing by opening the door, which was all but closed, and to whose handlings I was unaccustomed.
1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, The Grey Woman:
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(countable, uncountable) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
A miniature[…]remarkable for its brilliancy of colour and charming freedom of handling.
1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, Critical Reviews:
- (countable, uncountable) A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| handlings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
material handling · puck handling · antihandling · handling time · request-handling · handling charge · puck-handling · ground handling · materials handling · shipping and handling · shiphandling · double-handling · special handling unit · ballhandling · handling boss · handling fee
Translations (49)
fi käsittely (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · bg манипулиране (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · de Bedienung (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · eo ricelo (criminal offence) · fr maniement (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · de Handling (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · es manejo (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · pt manejo (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · nb håndtering (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · nn handtering (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · de Handhabung (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · hu kézbevétel (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · ru манипули́рование (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · urh ẹruote (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · ru обслу́живание (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · fr manipulation (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · hu kézben tartás (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · sv häleri (criminal offence) · fa دستزدن (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · hu kézbe fogás (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · la tractātiō (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · ja 取り扱い (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · da håndtering (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · it gestione (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · sv hantering (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · de Umgang (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · de Hehlerei (criminal offence) · it ricettazione (criminal offence) · it manipolazione (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · ru обрабо́тка (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · ml കൈകാര്യം (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · pt manuseio (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · hu kezelés (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · pl paserstwo (criminal offence) · ms pengelolaan (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · fa کیاستن (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · nb handtering (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · fi varastetun tavaran kauppa (criminal offence) · ru обраще́ние (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · es handling (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · cmn 處理 /处理 (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · grc χειρισμός (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · ga glacadh (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · es receptación (criminal offence) · ca manipulació (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · id penanganan (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · hu bánásmód (touching, controlling, managing with the hands) · es alcahuetería (criminal offence) · ru обхожде́ние (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)