handling

n. care, treatment; touch

v. feel, touch with the hands; deal in, do business with; manage; treat

For the turning characteristics of land vehicles, see Car handling.In English criminal law, handling takes place after the theft is completed and is committed by a fence or other person who helps the thief to realise the value of the stolen goods.
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Noun
1. manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something
(hypernym) manual labor, manual labour
(hyponym) materials handling
2. the action of touching with the hands or the skillful use of the hands
(synonym) manipulation
(hypernym) touch, touching
(hyponym) fielding
(derivation) handle, palm
3. the management of someone or something; "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system"
(synonym) treatment
(hypernym) management, direction
(hyponym) bioremediation
(derivation) manage, deal, care, handle

Noun
1. the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"
(synonym) grip, handgrip, hold
(hypernym) appendage
(hyponym) ax handle, axe handle
(part-holonym) edge tool
(part-meronym) shank, stem
(derivation) palm
Verb
1. be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
(synonym) manage, deal, care
(hypernym) control, command
(hyponym) administer, administrate
(derivation) handler
2. interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
(synonym) treat, do by
(hypernym) interact
(hyponym) mock, bemock
(verb-group) cover, treat, plow, deal, address
3. deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
(synonym) cover, treat, plow, deal, address
(hypernym) broach, initiate
(hyponym) theologize, theologise
(verb-group) treat, do by
4. touch, lift, or hold with the hands; "Don't handle the merchandise"
(synonym) palm
(hypernym) touch
(hyponym) field
(derivation) grip, handgrip, hold
5. handle effectively; "The burglar wielded an axe"
(synonym) wield
(hypernym) manipulate
(hyponym) ply
6. show and train; "The prize-winning poodle was handled by Mrs. Priscilla Prescott"
(hypernym) manipulate, keep in line, control
(derivation) animal trainer, handler

(v. t.)
The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch.
  

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Handle
  

(n.)
A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t.
  

1. <jargon> (From Citizen's Band amateur radio slang) An electronic pseudonym or "nom de guerre" intended to conceal the user's true identity. Network and BBS handles function as the same sort of simultaneous concealment and display one finds on CB.
Use of grandiose handles is characteristic of crackers, weenies, spods, and other lower forms of network life; true hackers travel on their own reputations rather than invented legendry.
Compare nick.
2. (Macintosh) A pointer to a pointer to dynamically-allocated memory. The extra level of indirection allows on-the-fly memory compaction (to cut down on fragmentation) or garbage collection of unused resources, with minimal impact on the (possibly multiple) parts of the larger program containing references to the allocated memory.
Compare snap (to snap a handle would defeat its purpose). See also aliasing bug, dangling pointer.
[Jargon File]
(1995-02-28)