• IPA^(key):/ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/,/ˈhændlɪŋ/

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• Rhymes:-ændl̩ɪŋ,-ændlɪŋ
• Hyphenation:hand‧ling

FromMiddle Englishhandlinge,hondlunge, fromOld Englishhandlung(“handling”), equivalent tohandle +‎-ing. Cognate withDutchhandeling(“trade, operation, action”),GermanHandlung(“act, action”),Swedishhandling(“act, deed, action”).

handling (countable anduncountable,pluralhandlings)

1. A touching, controlling, managing, using, take care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
   • 1590,Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, inThe Faerie Queene. […], London:[…] [John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC, stanza 28:

     the heauens, and your fairehandeling / Haue made you maister of the field this day

   • 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.

2. (obsolete) The mechanism for handling or manipulating something.
   • 1861, Elizabeth Gaskell,The Grey Woman:

     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 whosehandlings I was unaccustomed.

3. (art) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
   • 1840,William Makepeace Thackeray,Critical Reviews:

     A miniature[…]remarkable for its brilliancy of colour and charming freedom ofhandling.

4. A criminal offence, the trade instolen goods.

Fromhandle.

handling

1. presentparticiple andgerund ofhandle

Fromhandle +‎-ing.

handling c (singular definitehandlingen,plural indefinitehandlinger)

1. action,act

   Coordinate term:gerning

2. theplot,storyline (of a movie etc.)

• “handling” inDen Danske Ordbog

Fromhandle +‎-ing.

handling f orm (definite singularhandlingaorhandlingen,indefinite pluralhandlinger,definite pluralhandlingene)

1. anact,deed
2. action
3. theplot orstoryline, in a work of fiction
4. shopping; the action of visitingshops

• terrorhandling
• voldshandling

• “handling” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Fromhandle +‎-ing.

handling f (definite singularhandlinga,indefinite pluralhandlingar,definite pluralhandlingane)

1. anact,deed
2. action
3. theplot orstoryline, in a work of fiction
4. shopping; the action of visitingshops

• terrorhandling
• valdshandling

• “handling” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishhandling.

handling n (uncountable)

1. baggagehandling in theairport

• handling in Academia Română,Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010.→ISBN

handla +‎-ing

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handling c

1. anact, adeed
2. anact, adocument
3. action
4. theplot orstoryline, in a work of fiction
5. shopping; the action of visitingshops

• terrorhandling