carrying-on noun2 •Improper, immoral behavior.In fact, he walked out of Cambridge but would probably have been sent down had he continued his rowdy carrying on with such disreputable young men as Malcolm Lowry. — 1998 •Irritating or self-indulgent behavior.I am bored by stupid discussions. By the quadrille of argumentation. The insolent carrying on of intellectuals. The empty formulas of philosophy. — 1988 formscarryings-on
