ACTIVITY
NOUNS
► ACTION activity, esp. of the kind or arouse interest or excitement → 1951 US sl.
► ACTUALITY activity, capacity of action → 1398 obs.
► ACTUALNESS activity, active working or operation → 1398 obs.
► ACTUOSITY abounding activity → 1660 obs.
► BUSINESS activity, briskness, motion → 1398 obs.
► CARRY-ON any continuing activity or catalogue of details → 2001 UK sl.
► DACITY activity, energy → 1636 Eng. dial.
► DELIVERNESS lightness, activity, nimbleness, agility, quickness → 1340 obs.
► DOIN’S any form of activity → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► ERGASIOMANIA a mania for activity → 1991 (Bk.)
► FAKEMENT activity → L19 sl.
► FEEROCHRIE activity, ability, agility → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► HUMMER a thing characterized by extreme activity, energy, etc. → L17 colloq.
► INACTUATION a bringing into activity; the condition of activity → 1662
► LAYOUT an activity, an achievement → M19 sl.
► LEAPING TIME the time of activity, youth → 1611
► LICK a brief or brisk stroke of activity or energy → 1835 Amer. dial.
► LUSTINESS activity, energy → 1325 obs.
► MAIN KICK one’s favourite activity → 1930 African-American sl.
► MEETHS activity, bodily energy → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MUCK IN a communal activity → 1910 sl.
► OMNIVORACITY an insatiable appetite for all activities or pursuits → 1889
► OMNIVOROSITY an insatiable appetite for all activities or pursuits → 1896
► OMNIVOROUSNESS an insatiable appetite for all activities or pursuits → 1727
► QUIVERNESS activity → 1538 obs.
► RACKET any form of activity → 1920 US sl.
► RIFF an activity or experience → 1975 US sl.
► SHARP END the centre of activity or decision-making, the front line → 20C colloq.
► SMARTNESS activity, liveliness, alertness; vigour, force; speed, briskness → 1644
► TAB a line of activity, a program, a project → 1930 US sl.
► THROUGH-PUT activity, expedition in doing anything → 1845 Sc.
► VIR activity, vigour, energy, briskness, gusto, force, impetuosity → 1738 Sc.
► WHET a turn, spell of activity; an indefinite interval of time → 1834 Amer. dial.
PHRASES
► ANYONE FOR TENNIS? used for humorously suggesting an activity → 1951 US sl.
► I’VE NEARLY BUST MY FOOFER indication that you have overdone the physical activity → 1998 NZ sl. (Bk.)
► I’VE NEARLY BUST MY FOOFOO VALVE indication that you have overdone the physical activity → 1998 NZ sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► ARC AROUND to engage in enthusiastic and energetic, if meaningless and aimless, activity → 1986 US naval aviation usage
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