handlin'

Noun

handling (countable and uncountable, plural handlings)

1. A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
   • baggage handling
2. (obsolete) The mechanism for handling or manipulating something.
   • In mortal terror of people forcing an entrance at such an hour, and in such a manner as to leave no doubt of their purpose, I would have turned to fly when first I heard the noise, only that I feared by any quick motion to catch their attention, as I also ran the danger of doing by opening the...1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, The Grey Woman
3. The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
   • A miniature[…]remarkable for its brilliancy of colour and charming freedom of handling.1840, William Makepeace Thackeray, Critical Reviews
4. A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.