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noun
Idioms1.
a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
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some entity, object, or creature that is not or cannot be specifically designated or precisely described: The stick had a brass thing on it.
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anything that is or may become an object of thought: things of the spirit.
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things, matters; affairs: Things are going well now.
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EXPANDa fact, circumstance, or state of affairs: It is a curious thing.
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an action, deed, event, or performance: to do great things; His death was a horrible thing.
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a particular, respect, or detail: perfect in all things.
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aim; objective: The thing is to reach this line with the ball.
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an article of clothing: I don't have a thing to wear.
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things,
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implements, utensils, or other articles for service: I'll wash the breakfast things.
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personal possessions or belongings: Pack your things and go!
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a task; chore: I've got a lot of things to do today.
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a living being or creature: His baby's a cute little thing.
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a thought or statement: I have just one thing to say to you.
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Informal. a peculiar attitude or feeling, either positive or negative, toward something; mental quirk: She has a thing about cats.
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something signified or represented, as distinguished from a word, symbol, or idea representing it.
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Law. anything that may be the subject of a property right.
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COLLAPSEthe thing,
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something that is correct or fashionable: That café is the thing now.
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that which is expedient or necessary: The thing to do is to tell them the truth.
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do/find one's own thing, Informal. to pursue a lifestyle that expresses one's self. Also, do/find one's thing.
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make a good thing of, Informal. to turn (a situation, experience, etc.) to one's own profit; benefit by: She made a good thing of her spare-time hobbies.
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not to get a thing out of,
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to be unable to obtain information or news from: The police couldn't get a thing out of him.
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to fail to appreciate, understand, or derive aesthetic pleasure from: My wife likes opera, but I don't get a thing out of it.
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see/hear things, Informal. to have hallucinations.
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Do thing
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
thing
O.E. þing "meeting, assembly," later "entity, being, matter" (subject of deliberation in an assembly), also "act, deed, event, material object, body, being," from P.Gmc. *thengan "appointed time" (cf. O.Fris. thing "assembly, council, suit, matter, thing," M.Du. dinc "court-day, suit, plea, concern,
EXPANDaffair, thing," Du. ding "thing," O.H.G. ding "public assembly for judgment and business, lawsuit," Ger. ding "affair, matter, thing," O.N. þing "public assembly"). Some suggest an ultimate connection to PIE root *ten- "stretch," perhaps on notion of "stretch of time for a meeting or assembly." For sense evolution, cf. Fr. chose, Sp. cosa "thing," from L. causa "judicial process, lawsuit, case;" L. res "affair, thing," also "case at law, cause." Old sense is preserved in second element of hustings and in Icelandic Althing, the nation's general assembly. Southern U.S. pronunciation thang attested from 1937. The thing "what's stylish or fashionable" is recorded from 1762. Phrase do your thing "follow your particular predilection," though associated with hippie-speak of 1960s is attested from 1841. Used colloquially since 1602 to indicate things the speaker can't name at the moment, often with various meaningless suffixes, e.g. thingumbob (1751), thingamajig (1824).
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do (one's) (own) thing definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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