DO, DOER, DOING
ADJECTIVES
1315 — ACTUAL doing, active, practical; pert. to acts; exhibited in deeds → obs.
1612 — OPERARY doing, as opposed to theoretical; done with labour → obs.
1656 — OPERARIOUS doing, as opposed to theoretical; done with labour → obs.
NOUNS
1386 — FEAT the art, knack, or trick of doing of anything → obs.
1500 — AFFAIR doing, action, performance → obs.
1538 — FEASANCE the doing or execution of a condition, obligation, feudal service, etc. → obs.
1593 — ACTURE doing, action; the process of acting → obs.
1606 — DEEDING actual doing, carrying out in deed → obs.
1612 — FACTION a doing or making something → obs.
1830 — WHATABOUTS doings, occupations; what one is about; something under consideration
1889 — GANNINS-ON doings, proceedings, to-do → Eng. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
1425 — ACTOR a doer; a person who performs or takes part in an action
1563 — FACTOR a person who does or makes anything; a doer, maker, performer, perpetrator → obs.
1586 — ACTRESS a female doer; a woman who performs an action → obs.
1670 — FACIENT a person who does anything; a doer
1871 — FACIENT a doer, a promoter, an agent → Sc.
PHRASES
..20C — LET THE DOG SEE THE RABBIT said of one who wishes to do or see something → sl.
1940 — AIN’T NOWHERE I’m not doing anything → African-American students’ sl.
VERBS
..971 — I-DO to do → obs.
1300 — FAY to do, to go on favourably, to succeed → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1300 — GAR to do, to perform; to make → obs.
1812 — FAKE to do anything; to make → sl.
1841 — DO ONE’S OWN THING to follow one’s own interests or inclinations independently of others → sl., orig. US
..20C — DO ONE’S DO to do what is necessary; to do what one must do → US sl.
1901 — COME NIGH AS A PEA to come very close to doing something → Amer. dial.
1910 — PULL IT OUT to get on with something; to stop malingering and commit oneself to positive action → sl., orig. Aust.
1910 — PULL ONE’S FINGER OUT to get on with something; to stop malingering and commit oneself to positive action → sl., orig. Aust.
1910 — REMOVE ONE’S DIGIT to get on with something; to stop malingering and commit oneself to positive action → sl., orig. Aust.
1910 — TAKE ONE’S FINGER OUT to get on with something; to stop malingering and commit oneself to positive action → sl., orig. Aust.
1913 — PREPARE TO PUCKER — PROCEED TO PUCKER to make ready to do or act → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1916 — PULL to do; to perform, effect, esp. a trick or shady act → Amer. sl.
1950 — COOK to do what you do well → Amer. sl.
1954 — HALF-HAM to go around doing something one shouldn’t be doing → Amer. dial.
1958 — GO THE GUNTZ to do something completely or thoroughly → Brit. sl.
1959 — COME IN A PEA to come very close to doing something → Amer. dial.
1960 — PUT ON to do, to make happen to → sl., orig. African-American
1960 — ROBINSON CRUSOE to do so → UK rhyming sl.
1967 — GET THE OX OUT OF THE DITCH to get something done that has to be done, but that you don’t really want to do → Amer. dial.
1967 — NIGGER UP to do, make, or repair something in a careless, haphazard, or tasteless manner; to mess something up → Amer. dial., derogatory
1970 — HUM to do or act → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 — JUMP OFF to start doing something → sl.
1970 — PLAY ONE’S GIG to do what one does best → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1980 — TAKE ONE’S FINGER OUT to do anything anyone else can → US students’ sl.
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