carrying-on

[ kar-ee-ing-on, -awn ]

/ ˈkær i ɪŋˈɒn, -ˈɔn /

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noun, plural car·ry·ings-on.Informal.

irresponsible, irritating, self-indulgent, or overwrought behavior: The baby-sitter was exhausted from the child's noisy carrying-on.

improper or immoral behavior.

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Origin of carrying-on

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby carrying-on

carrycot, carryforward, carry-in, carrying capacity, carrying charge, carrying-on, carrying place, carry light, carry off, carry-on, carry-out

How to use carrying-on in a sentence

Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
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Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?
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“Mon pauvre petit, you are hungry,” said Aristide, carrying it to the car racked by the clattering engine.
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Then the two bodies of the men were buried, carrying them together from the street to the grave.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Five hundred of our fighting men are running to and fro between cliffs and sea carrying stones wherewith to improve our pier.
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The carrying of these heavy government debts is a question of the future production of goods, of commerce, and of saving.
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They are cells which have been highly differentiated for the purpose of carrying oxygen from the lungs to the tissues.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

British Dictionary definitions for carrying-on

carrying-on

noun plural carryings-on informal

unconventional or questionable behaviour

excited or flirtatious behaviour, esp when regarded as foolish

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carrying-on

Origin of carrying-on

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