Definitions for handling

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handling han·dling

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IPA: /ˈhænd lɪŋ/

Handling is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 180 anagrams from letters in handling (adghilnn).

Definitions for handling

noun

1. a touching, grasping, or using with the hands.
2. the manner of treating or dealing with something; management; treatment.
3. the manual or mechanical method or process by which something is moved, carried, transported, etc.
4. a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
5. that which may be held, seized, grasped, or taken advantage of in effecting a purpose:
6. Slang. a person's name, especially the given name. a person's alias, nickname, or code name. a username, as on a social media website: a name or term by which something is known, described, or explained.
7. the total amount wagered on an event, series of events, or for an entire season or seasons, as at a gambling casino or in horse racing:
8. the total amount of money taken in by a business concern on one transaction, sale, event, or series of transactions, or during a specific period, especially by a theater, nightclub, sports arena, resort hotel, or the like.
9. hand (def 27).
10. Informal. a way of getting ahead or gaining an advantage:

Idioms

1. fly off the handle, Informal. to become very agitated or angry, especially without warning or adequate reason:
2. get / have a handle on, to acquire an understanding or knowledge of:

adjective

1. of or relating to the process of moving, transporting, delivering, working with, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to touch, pick up, carry, or feel with the hand or hands; use the hands on; take hold of.
2. to manage, deal with, or be responsible for:
3. to use or employ, especially in a particular manner; manipulate:
4. to manage, direct, train, or control:
5. to deal with (a subject, theme, argument, etc.):
6. to deal with or treat in a particular way:
7. to deal or trade in:

verb (used without object)

1. to behave or perform in a particular way when handled, directed, managed, etc.:

Origin of handling

before 1000; Middle English; Old English handlung (noun). See handle, -ing¹

Examples for handling

The President made some initial errors in his handling of the Ebola crisis.

How he had always hated the thought of any one handling what was his!

The Atlantic has reported extensively on the at least $600 million Amazon stands to be paid for handling CIA data.

How do you feel the Michael Jackson estate is handling his music?

The plants have a tendency to turn blackish if they are bruised in handling them.

Last year he was severely criticized for his handling of a land deal with a neighbor in financial distress.

What may be said of the handling of pastry in its preparation for baking?

"Not in any way that I am not perfectly capable of handling myself," said Linda.

In all honesty she may be handling it better, in terms of not letting it affect her as a person or screw up her life.

But what good is strength alone in the handling of a weapon?