handling

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English [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

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Etymology 1 [edit]

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).

Noun [edit]

handling (plural handlings)

  1. A touching, controlling, managing, using, take care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See handle
    • The heavens and your fair handling Have made you master of the field this day - Edmund Spenser
  2. (art) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch - Fairholt
  3. A criminal offence, the trade with stolen goods.
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Etymology 2 [edit]

From handle.

Verb [edit]

handling

  1. Present participle of handle.

Norwegian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From the verb handle

Noun [edit]

handling

  1. an act, deed
  2. action
  3. the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction
  4. shopping; the action of visiting shops

Inflection [edit]


Swedish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From the verb handla

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

handling c

  1. an act, a deed
  2. an act, a document
  3. action
  4. the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction
  5. shopping; the action of visiting shops

Declension [edit]