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doing

Noun

∙ A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.

Verb

∙ present participle of do

Interjection

∙ The sound made by an elastic object when struck by or striking a hard object.

do

Verb

∙ A syntactic marker in questions whose main verbs are not other auxiliary verbs nor be. auxiliary
∙ A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods. auxiliary
∙ A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods. auxiliary
∙ A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not generally used with auxiliaries such as "be". pro-verb
- ∙ Can refer back to "be". African American Vernacular
∙ To perform; to execute. transitive
∙ To cause, make (someone) (do something). obsolete
∙ To suffice. intransitive, transitive
∙ To be reasonable or acceptable. intransitive
∙ To have (as an effect). transitive
∙ To fare; to succeed or fail. intransitive
∙ To have as one's job. transitive, chiefly in questions
∙ To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something)
∙ To cook.
∙ To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of. transitive
∙ To treat in a certain way. transitive
∙ To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc. transitive
∙ To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself. intransitive, obsolete
∙ (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail. transitive
∙ To impersonate or depict. transitive
∙ To kill. transitive, slang
∙ To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for. transitive, slang
∙ To punish for a misdemeanor. informal
∙ To have sex with. (See also do it) transitive, slang
∙ To cheat or swindle. transitive
∙ To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate. transitive
∙ To finish. transitive, intransitive
∙ To work as a domestic servant (with for). Britain, dated, intransitive
∙ Used to form the present progressive of verbs. archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary
∙ To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note. stock exchange
∙ To make or provide. informal, transitive
∙ To injure (one's own body part). informal, transitive
∙ To take drugs. transitive

Noun

∙ A party, celebration, social function. colloquial
∙ A hairdo. informal
∙ A period of confusion or argument. colloquial, obsolete
∙ Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
∙ A deed; an act. obsolete
∙ ado; bustle; stir; to-do archaic
∙ A cheat; a swindler. obsolete, Britain, slang

Noun

∙ A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale. music

Adverb

∙ Abbreviation of ditto. rare

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