handling

Definition

  • noun: the act of touching, feeling, holding, or moving something
  • noun: the action of one that 'handles' something
  • often + 'of'
  • synonyms: touching, manipulation, thumbing

Examples

  • He's having a hard time 'handling' the pressure of his new job.

  • His 'handling of' the situation could not have been worse.

  • The media's 'handling of' the tragedy has been criticized.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) to announce he was going to kill himself. An unusual thing happened at a sister network... UBS, this evening. - How are we handling it? - Halloway will make a statement... at the end of the show that Howard's been under great personal stress. We've got a stockholders' meeting tomorrow... (..)
    1976 Network