1 (usually doings) the activities in which a particular person engages:the latest doings of television stars
informal excrement, especially that of a domestic animal:it is my duty to clear up the guard dog’s doings
[in singular] informal a beating or scolding:someone had given her a doing
2 (doings) [treated as singular or plural] informal used to refer to things when one has forgotten their name or when no one word easily covers them:the drawer where he kept the doings
be someone's doing
be the creation or fault of the person named:he looked at Lisa as though it was all her doing
take some doing
be difficult to achieve:it would take some doing to calm him down
