do·ing

/ˈduːwıŋ/ noun, pl -ings

1 [noncount] : the act of making something happen through your own action

It's the doing of the good deed that is important, not the thanks you receive.

◇ Informal phrases like take a bit of doing, take some doing, and take a lot of doing are used to say that something is difficult to do and requires a lot of effort or work.

Finishing the work on time may take a bit of doing.

It will take some doing to win the game.

Getting the project done on time will take a lot of doing.

◇ If something is your doing, you did it.

Is this mix-up your doing? [=did you cause the mix-up?]

The surprise party was not all our doing; we had lots of help.

2 doings [plural] : things that someone does

I've been reading about the governor's latest doings. [=activities]

: things that happen

There have been some strange doings [=goings-on, occurrences] lately.