handing

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/ˈhændɪŋ/

noun

The act by which something is handed to somebody.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hand
nounhanding (plural handings)

plural handings

  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 […]

    1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with handing

understandingstandingoutstandinglandingdemandingnotwithstandingmisunderstandingbanding
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Anagrams

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APA

handing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handing

MLA

“handing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “handing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handing.

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