The meaning of Carryon

noun

A state of agitation or fuss, especially about something unimportant.

Usage examples:

This is much ado about almost nothing

suffix

Forming nouns such as bravado, desperado.

noun

Delay or unnecessary activity

Usage examples:

Without further ado, i shall introduce tonight’s speaker.

noun

A state of anxiety or nervous excitement.

Usage examples:

She was wringing her hands in agitation

noun

Worry and anxiety

Usage examples:

He arrived home in a state of agitation., the anti-war agitation is beginning to worry the governme…

noun

Extravagant publicity or fuss.

Usage examples:

After all the ballyhoo, the film was a flop

verb

Praise or publicize extravagantly.

Usage examples:

Each company ballyhoos its product as though it were the most outstanding in all creation

noun

A lot of noise and activity, often with no real purpose

Usage examples:

I can't see what all this ballyhoo is about.

verb

Take the trouble to do something.

Usage examples:

Scientists rarely bother with such niceties

noun

Effort, trouble, or difficulty.

Usage examples:

He saved me the bother of having to come up with a speech

exclamation

Used to express mild irritation or impatience.

Usage examples:

‘bother!’ she muttered

noun

A state of confused and noisy disturbance.

Usage examples:

She was distracted by a commotion across the street

noun

A sudden, brief period of noise, confusion, or excited movement

Usage examples:

[ c ] there was a commotion outside the embassy.

noun

A feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness.

Usage examples:

Her cheeks were flushed with excitement

noun

A display of unnecessary or excessive excitement, activity, or interest.

Usage examples:

I don't know what all the fuss is about

verb

Show unnecessary or excessive concern about something.

Usage examples:

She's always fussing about her food

noun

An occasion when there is too much interest in or discussion about something that is not important

Usage examples:

One of the tabloids published the pictures and they caused a great hoo-ha.

noun

A game in which rings are thrown from behind a line in an attempt to encircle one of several prizes.

Usage examples:

The event, on july 3 from 11 am - 4.30 pm, is to be an old-fashioned fair, with coconut shies and h…

noun

Busy excitement or a lot of public attention for an event or activity

Usage examples:

She loved the thrill of the shows, the elegant parties, the attention, the hoopla.

noun

Noisy activity

Usage examples:

Hurly-burly of we got tired of the hurly-burly of city life, so we moved to the country.

noun

A lively dance with leaping movements.

Usage examples:

They twitched, swayed and finally did a lively little jig - but there was no bird in sight.

verb

Dance a jig.

Usage examples:

He stood up and jigged in the cockpit

noun

An energetic, traditional dance of great britain and ireland, or the music that is played for such a dance

noun

Spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense.

Usage examples:

He was talking absolute nonsense

noun

Foolish words or actions

Usage examples:

Those accusations are pure/sheer nonsense., what’s all this nonsense about quitting school?

noun

Unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure.

Usage examples:

There's a lot of palaver involved

verb

Talk unproductively and at length.

Usage examples:

It's too hot for palavering

noun

A theatrical entertainment, mainly for children, which involves music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy and is based on a fairy tale or nursery story, usually produced around christmas.

Usage examples:

A pantomime villain

verb

Express or represent by exaggerated mime.

Usage examples:

They pantomimed picking up dropped food

noun

The art or act of expressing thoughts and emotions with movement rather than speech; mime

noun

An act of presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment.

Usage examples:

Don giovanni had its first performance in 1787

noun

The act of doing something, such as your job

Usage examples:

If the accident happened during the performance of his regular duties, he’s covered by disability i…

noun

How successful an investment, company, etc. is and how much profit it makes

Usage examples:

The fund's past performance does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future., good/…

noun

A lengthy and complicated procedure.

Usage examples:

He went through the rigmarole of securing the front door

noun

A long, complicated, or silly process

Usage examples:

You have to go through this whole rigmarole before you can register for a course.

noun

A noisy disturbance; a row.

Usage examples:

He caused a rumpus with his flair for troublemaking

verb

Move a spoon or other implement round in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly.

Usage examples:

Desmond stirred his tea and ate a biscuit

noun

A slight physical movement.

Usage examples:

I stood, straining eyes and ears for the faintest stir

noun

Prison.

Usage examples:

I've spent twenty-eight years in stir

noun

Difficulty or problems.

Usage examples:

I had trouble finding somewhere to park

verb

Cause distress or anxiety to.

Usage examples:

He was not troubled by doubts

noun

A problem, or difficulties

Usage examples:

[ u ] trouble began when he came to live with us., [ c ] she thought her troubles would be over whe…

verb

Make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

The accusation upset her

noun

An unexpected result or situation.

Usage examples:

The greatest upset in boxing history

adjective

Unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

She looked pale and upset