goings-on

[goh-ingz-on, awn]

noun

Informal.

1. conduct or behavior, especially when open to criticism.

   We had never seen such goings-on as at the last dance.

2. happenings; events.

   The American newspaper kept her in touch with the goings-on back home.

goings-on

plural noun

1. actions or conduct, esp when regarded with disapproval

2. happenings or events, esp when mysterious or suspicious

   there were strange goings-on up at the Hall

Word History and Origins

Origin of goings-on¹

First recorded in 1765–75; noun use of present participle phrase going on

Example Sentences

"It is a very difficult game to officiate anyway, without all the extra goings-on."

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Lady Constance must have still been under the influence of the special bread Madame Ionesco had provided, for these terrible goings-on seemed not to trouble her at all.

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And then, because she simply had to trust someone, she told Simon everything: all about the strange goings-on at Ashton Place, the mysterious danger that Miss Mortimer had warned her about, and the fortune-teller’s bizarre words, “The hunt is on.”

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They revealed the curious goings-on in an Instagram post last week - and it swiftly went viral, attracting interest from people around the world.

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He’d rather knock a tennis ball around than debate the latest goings-on in Washington.

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