Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Improper, irresponsible, or silly behavior.
  • noun An instance of such behavior.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Frolicsome or riotous behavior: usually in the plural, carryings-on.
  • noun Nautical, the keeping of an excessive press of sail on a ship.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Improper, immoral behavior
  • noun Irritating or self-indulgent behavior

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Examples

  • If fact, last year while in a very large Mexican restaurant in Bali, and sitting at the bar, an attractive middle aged woman approached and stood right next to me and ordered a pitcher of just wine with several glasses for a cadre of friends/woman sitting at a very large circular table, laughing, chatting, and carrying-on infectiously.

    Sangrita and sangria 2009

  • If fact, last year while in a very large Mexican restaurant in Bali, and sitting at the bar, an attractive middle aged woman approached and stood right next to me and ordered a pitcher of just wine with several glasses for a cadre of friends/woman sitting at a very large circular table, laughing, chatting, and carrying-on infectiously.

    Sangrita and sangria 2009

  • Somewhat anomalous to all this rowdy, irreverent carrying-on was the almost daily presence of the esteemed "in-house" artist, Neil Boyle.

    Lorraine Devon Wilke: Neil Boyle, Molly Malone's and Pretty in Pink Lorraine Devon Wilke 2011

  • If fact, last year while in a very large Mexican restaurant in Bali, and sitting at the bar, an attractive middle aged woman approached and stood right next to me and ordered a pitcher of just wine with several glasses for a cadre of friends/woman sitting at a very large circular table, laughing, chatting, and carrying-on infectiously.

    Sangrita and sangria 2009

  • If fact, last year while in a very large Mexican restaurant in Bali, and sitting at the bar, an attractive middle aged woman approached and stood right next to me and ordered a pitcher of just wine with several glasses for a cadre of friends/woman sitting at a very large circular table, laughing, chatting, and carrying-on infectiously.

    Sangrita and sangria 2009

  • Somewhat anomalous to all this rowdy, irreverent carrying-on was the almost daily presence of the esteemed "in-house" artist, Neil Boyle.

    Lorraine Devon Wilke: Neil Boyle, Molly Malone's and Pretty in Pink Lorraine Devon Wilke 2011

  • Somewhat anomalous to all this rowdy, irreverent carrying-on was the almost daily presence of the esteemed "in-house" artist, Neil Boyle.

    Lorraine Devon Wilke: Neil Boyle, Molly Malone's and Pretty in Pink Lorraine Devon Wilke 2011

  • If fact, last year while in a very large Mexican restaurant in Bali, and sitting at the bar, an attractive middle aged woman approached and stood right next to me and ordered a pitcher of just wine with several glasses for a cadre of friends/woman sitting at a very large circular table, laughing, chatting, and carrying-on infectiously.

    Sangrita and sangria 2009

  • Somewhat anomalous to all this rowdy, irreverent carrying-on was the almost daily presence of the esteemed "in-house" artist, Neil Boyle.

    Lorraine Devon Wilke: Neil Boyle, Molly Malone's and Pretty in Pink Lorraine Devon Wilke 2011

  • If fact, last year while in a very large Mexican restaurant in Bali, and sitting at the bar, an attractive middle aged woman approached and stood right next to me and ordered a pitcher of just wine with several glasses for a cadre of friends/woman sitting at a very large circular table, laughing, chatting, and carrying-on infectiously.

    Sangrita and sangria 2009

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