handlings
- 1Plural of handling.
The museum logged all handlings of the ancient manuscripts to track their condition.
Repeated handlings left visible smudges across the polished metal surface.
Note
The plural counts separate occasions. Each touch, each act of managing, each episode of care is one handling, so a restorer can count the handlings a fragile object has survived. When handling names the process as a whole, as in the careful handling of glass, it stays uncountable and takes no -s. Only the noun pluralizes: handling as the gerund of handle (handling the goods) never does.
handlings is a form of handling
handling, noun: The act of touching, controlling, managing, or caring for something with the hands, or in a way that resembles using the hands. Full entry
- Forms
- handlinghandlings plural
- Spelling
- handling → handlings: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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