handling
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Etymology 1
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
handling (countable and uncountable, plural handlings)
- 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”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 28:
- the heauens, and your faire handeling / 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.
- (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 whose handlings I was unaccustomed.
- (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 of handling.
- A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.
Derived terms
Translations
touching, controlling, managing with the hands
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criminal offence
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Etymology 2
From handle.
Verb
handling
- present participle and gerund of handle
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Noun
handling
Declension
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | handling | handlingen | handlinger | handlingerne |
| genitive | handlings | handlingens | handlingers | handlingernes |
Declension of handling
Etymology
Noun
handling f or m (definite singular handlinga or handlingen, indefinite plural handlinger, definite plural handlingene)
- an act, deed
- action
- the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction
- shopping; the action of visiting shops
Derived terms
References
- “handling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Etymology
Noun
handling f (definite singular handlinga, indefinite plural handlingar, definite plural handlingane)
- an act, deed
- action
- the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction
- shopping; the action of visiting shops
Derived terms
References
- “handling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Etymology
Noun
handling n (uncountable)
Declension
References
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
handling c
- an act, a deed
- an act, a document
- action
- the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction
- shopping; the action of visiting shops
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | handling | handlings |
| definite | handlingen | handlingens | |
| plural | indefinite | handlingar | handlingars |
| definite | handlingarna | handlingarnas |
Derived terms
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