Definitions for doing

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doing do·ing

Spelling: [doo-ing]

IPA: /ˈdu ɪŋ/

Doing is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in doing (dgino).

Definitions for doing

noun

1. action; performance; execution:
2. doings, deeds; proceedings; happenings; events.
3. Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
4. Informal. a hairdo or hair styling.
5. British Slang. a swindle; hoax.
6. Chiefly British. a festive social gathering; party.

Idioms

1. do a number on (someone). number (def 39).
2. do away with, to put an end to; abolish. to kill.
3. do one proud. proud (def 11).
4. do one's number. number (def 40).
5. do one's (own) thing. thing1 (def 22).
6. do or die, to make a supreme effort.
7. do out of, Informal. to swindle; cheat:
8. dos and don'ts, customs, rules, or regulations:
9. do time, Informal. to serve a term in prison:
10. do to death. death (def 15).
11. have to do with. have (def 37).
12. make do, to get along with what is at hand, despite its inadequacy:

Verb phrases

1. do by, to deal with; treat:
2. do for, to cause the defeat, ruin, or death of. Chiefly British. to cook and keep house for; manage or provide for.
3. do in, Informal. to kill, especially to murder. to injure gravely or exhaust; wear out; ruin: to cheat or swindle:
4. do over, to redecorate.
5. do up, Informal. to wrap and tie up. to pin up or arrange (the hair). to renovate; launder; clean. to wear out; tire. to fasten: to dress:
6. do with, to gain advantage or benefit from; make use of:
7. do without, to forgo; dispense with. to dispense with the thing mentioned:

auxiliary verb

1. (used in interrogative, negative, and inverted constructions):
2. Archaic. (used in imperatives with you or thou expressed; and occasionally as a metric filler in verse):
3. (used to lend emphasis to a principal verb):

verb (used with object)

1. to perform (an act, duty, role, etc.):
2. to execute (a piece or amount of work):
3. to accomplish; finish; complete:
4. to put forth; exert:
5. to be the cause of (good, harm, credit, etc.); bring about; effect.
6. to render, give, or pay (homage, justice, etc.).
7. to deal with, fix, clean, arrange, move, etc., (anything) as the case may require:
8. to travel; traverse:
9. to serve; suffice for:
10. to condone or approve, as by custom or practice:
11. to travel at the rate of (a specified speed):
12. to make or prepare:
13. to serve (a term of time) in prison, or, sometimes, in office.
14. to create, form, or bring into being:
15. to translate into or change the form or language of:
16. to study or work at or in the field of:
17. to explore or travel through as a sightseer:
18. (used with a pronoun, as it or that, or with a general noun, as thing, that refers to a previously mentioned action):
19. Informal. to wear out; exhaust; tire:
20. Informal. to cheat, trick, or take advantage of:
21. Informal. to attend or participate in:
22. Slang. to use (a drug or drugs), especially habitually:
23. Slang. to rob; steal from:
24. Slang: Vulgar. to have sex with.
25. Informal. (usually in the negative) to act in accordance with expectations associated with (something specified):

verb (used without object)

1. to act or conduct oneself; be in action; behave.
2. to proceed:
3. to get along; fare; manage:
4. to be in health, as specified:
5. to serve or be satisfactory, as for the purpose; be enough; suffice:
6. to finish or be finished.
7. to happen; take place; transpire:
8. (used as a substitute to avoid repetition of a verb or full verb expression):

Origin of doing

Middle English word dating back to 1275-1325; See origin at do¹, -ing¹

Examples for doing

I wonder what that lady is doing now, and if she knows what she set in motion with Archer?

I don't know why or who's doing it, but it's the legacy…and it's a legacy that is so important to the culture.

In these regions, men are now doing between 30 and 45 percent of the care work.

Percival and Miss Milbrey, on the other hand, were doing badly.

He decided he ought to think more about what he was doing and what he should do.

If anything the work the two cops and the maintenance guy were doing deserves more respect and probably helped a lot more people.

That video of you doing all the New York impressions went viral.

Shepler's doing some hard thinking for himself by this time.

Then what have you been doing with your savings all these years?

There was no bell in the room, so that was the only way I had of doing it.