# doing

Pronunciation: say "DOO-ing" /ˈduːɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of do. — present participle and gerund of do
   - Simple: Present participle of do. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name an activity.
   - _The committee is doing everything possible to resolve the dispute._
   - _What are you doing this weekend?_

## Noun

2. A deed or action, especially one for which someone is held responsible.
   - Simple: Something a person did, especially when they get the blame for it.
   - _The collapse of the deal was nobody's doing but his own._
   - _The unexpectedly thorough cleanup must have been your doing._

## Interjection

Pronunciation: say "DOYNG" /dɔɪŋ/

3. A springy, boinging sound made when an elastic object strikes or is struck by something hard.
   - Simple: A springy, bouncing sound, like something stretchy hitting something hard.
   - _Doing! The coiled spring sprang loose from the broken toy._
   - _The ball clipped the metal rim (doing!) and bounced straight back into his hands._

## Origin

The word is onomatopoeic, formed to imitate a sound.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/doing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).