handling
Meaning of handling
verb, gerund or present participle
- feel or manipulate with the hands.
heavy paving slabs can be difficult to handle
people who handle food
- manage (a situation or problem).
a lawyer's ability to handle a case properly
- drive or control (a vehicle).
he was going too fast and couldn't handle the car
Old English handle (noun), handlian (verb), from hand.
Information about handling
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of handling is: handlings.
- Languages in which handling is used:
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Hyphenation of handling
han-dling
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- handling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
handling synonyms
Meaning manipulation:
Meaning treatment:
Meaning grasp, carry, or support with one's hands:
Meaning seize and hold firmly:
Meaning take and keep a firm hold of; grasp tightly:
Meaning raise to a higher position or level:
Meaning examine or search by touch:
Meaning come into or be in contact with:
Meaning touch or feel with the fingers:
Meaning press, move, or touch (something) with one's thumb:
Meaning (of an animal) feel or scrape with a paw or hoof:
Meaning determine the behaviour or supervise the running of:
Meaning operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle:
Meaning guide or control the movement of (a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft), for example by turning a wheel or operating a rudder:
Meaning (of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system):
Meaning handle or control (a tool, mechanism, information, etc.) in a skilful manner:
Words that rhyme with handling
Ling, Coaling, Ealing, annealing, antiwhaling, appealing, autodialing, avaling, backpedaling, baling, bealing, berascaling, canaling, capitaling, charcoaling, coaling, concealing, congealing, countersealing, craaling, credentialing, crystaling, dealing, descaling, dialing, downscaling, embaling, empaling, ensealing, equaling, exhaling, fealing, foaling, forepaling, gealing, gimbaling, goaling, haling, healing, impaling, inhaling, initialing, instealing, interdealing, intervaling, journaling, keelhaling, kraaling, lateraling, localing
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