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noun

Something done: act, action, deed, thing, work. See do/not do.

IN BRIEF: Performing; completing or accomplishing; causing.

If you want to be successful, know what you are doing, love what you are doing, and believe in what you are doing. — Will Rogers

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noun
noun, euphemistic

1: A scolding; a thrashing, beating-up. (1880 —) .
B. Turner 'For God's sake, man! You'd get three years if you give him a doing,' she exclaimed (1968).

2: pl. Things needed; adjuncts; things whose names are not known. (1919 —) .
G. Greene Her skirt drawn up above her knees she waited for him with luxurious docility....'You've got the doings, haven't you?' (1938).

3: pl. In phr. to do one's doings, to go to the lavatory; hence, excrement. (1967 —) .
P. Beale There's a lump of bird's doings on the windowsill (1984). Cf. to do it at do verb 9.

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Common misspelling(s) of doing

• doign
• donig

Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - remedier, udstyr, ting og sager

Français (French)
n. pl. - faits et gestes, (GB) machin, truc

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Lebensführung, Tun und Treiben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - καμώματα, "δουλειές", πράξεις

Italiano (Italian)
condotta

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - feitos (m pl)

Русский (Russian)
деяния, события

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - actuación, actividades, fiestas, chisme

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - förehavanden, göranden

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
行为, 所做之事, 举动

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 行為, 所做之事, 舉動

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 행동

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 例のもの, 行事

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮פעולות, מעשים‬

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