doing
intj/dɔɪŋ/
Etymology Onomatopoeic.
1
The sound made by an elastic object when struck by or striking a hard object.
- Synonyms
- boing
doing
noun/ˈduːɪŋ/ · Northumbria /ˈdiːɪn/
Etymology See do.
1
A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.
- This is his doing. (= "He did it.")
- Draining that swamp is going to take some doing!
1 more example
- Mr. Dawe further calls his voyage “A Record of some Strange Doings at Sea.” They are strange doings, in fact, and yet not as novel as might be expected. They involve mutiny, piracy, shipwreck, and fights with Savages […]1900, Book News, volume 18, page 80:
- Synonyms
- act
- Derived terms
- doingness, doings, evildoing, harmdoing, nondoing, non-doing, rightdoing, take some doing, well-doing, wrongdoing