Be careful handling matches!
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Handling
//ˈhændl̩ɪŋ//
Synonyms for "handling" (83 found)
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Related words (41)
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4 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- χειρισμός noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Bulgarian
1 entries- манипулиране noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Catalan
1 entries- manipulació noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 處理 /处理 noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Danish
1 entries- håndtering noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Esperanto
1 entries- ricelo noun (criminal offence)
Finnish
2 entries- käsittely noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- varastetun tavaran kauppa noun (criminal offence)
French
2 entries- maniement noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- manipulation noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
German
4 entries- Bedienung noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- Handhabung noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- Handling noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- Hehlerei noun (criminal offence)
Hungarian
4 entries- bánásmód noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- kezelés noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- kézbe fogás noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- kézben tartás noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Indonesian
1 entries- penanganan noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Irish
1 entries- glacadh noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Italian
3 entries- gestione noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- manipolazione noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- ricettazione noun (criminal offence)
Japanese
1 entries- 取り扱い noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Latin
1 entries- tractātiō noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Malay
1 entries- pengelolaan noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Malayalam
1 entries- കൈകാര്യം noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- handtering noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- håndtering noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- handtering noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Persian
2 entries- دستزدن noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- کیاستن noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Polish
1 entries- paserstwo noun (criminal offence)
Portuguese
2 entries- manejo noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- manuseio noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Russian
4 entries- манипули́рование noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- обрабо́тка noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- обраще́ние noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- обслу́живание noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Spanish
4 entries- alcahuetería noun (criminal offence)
- conducción noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- encubrimiento noun (criminal offence)
- manejo noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Swedish
2 entries- hantering noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
- häleri noun (criminal offence)
Urhobo
1 entries- ẹruote noun (touching, controlling, managing with the hands)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Bill was careless in handling his pistol.
Source: tatoeba (34597)
I have great difficulty in handling the child.
Source: tatoeba (47549)
A jet airliner does not admit of careless handling.
Source: tatoeba (53703)
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