A British English gerund for the activity of going on holiday — the whole experience of vacationing, from booking and packing to lounging on a beach. While Americans say 'vacationing,' the British say holidaymaking, which has a slightly more industrious ring to it, as though relaxation itself is a craft to be pursued with purpose. It can describe a single trip or a broader lifestyle habit of taking regular breaks.
She spent her twenties holidaymaking around Southeast Asia before eventually settling down in Edinburgh.
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(British) Going on holiday.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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