everything

Forms

1.Used as a placeholder verb to encapsulate a set of related verbs or any action.(colloquial)
- She spends as much time as possible surfing (as she quickly learns it's called), Youtubing,^([sic]) Googling, everythinging to research these human be-things.
- ‘Hardly. We’re screened by every shrink in the kingdom. We're printed, weighed, photographed, everythinged. Selection for security takes a lifetime, one of our sayings,’ she added modestly.
- Charlie does, too. After being adopted by Joan, after having his matted coat shaved bare, after being dewormed and de-everythinged after being loved and fed and loved some more, Charlie has turned into a brand-new dog.

1.All the things under discussion.
- Thank you for everything you've done for us.
- I checked the list again and everything is done.
2.Many or most things.(colloquial)
- I did everything today – washed the dishes, cut the lawn, did the laundry.
3.A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).(colloquial)
- She wasn't feeling well this morning but now everything is fine.
- Since the company lost its best customer everything has gotten worse.
4.Considerable effort.(colloquial)
- It took everything in me to resist the temptation to skip work on my birthday.

1.Ellipsis of everything bagel.
- Can I get three everythings toasted with cream cheese?
- I have a very expressive face, and the bagel shop staff must have seen my anguish play across it the last time they informed me they were out of the everythings.
- Loose bagels and tubs of cream cheese are on deck (no sandwiches or toasters here), so take a dozen everythings and scallion cream cheese to go and assemble it at home or nearby Golden Gate Park.

Very common· #309

Inherited from Middle English every thing; univerbation of every + thing.