Handing

//ˈhændɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is handed to somebody.

    "Silently and patiently did the doctor bear all this, and all the handings of negus, and watching for glasses, and darting for biscuits, and coquetting, that ensued […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of hand form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"The medical profession keeps handing out warnings about smoking."

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