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

  • (..) for a little over a year now. - Before that? - Disposed of three cases in two years. Three cases in two years? Who's she handling, the Rosenberg's? - She's not cut out for litigation. - She's a hell of a investigator. In Internal Affairs she can crawl up a lawyer's ass with the best of them. (..)
    1992 A Few Good Men