doctorin'
Treatin' the sick
Doctorin' is a dialectal or informal spelling of doctoring, representing the dropped final g common in casual speech.
It most often means providing medical treatment, especially amateur or improvised care: She spent the afternoon doctorin' that stray cat's wounds.
It can also mean tampering with or adulterating something: Someone's been doctorin' the books.
Intending to act
- treatin'Providin' at one's expense
- nursin'Healthcare profession, informally
- healin'Becoming whole again
- poulticeMoist healing application
tonic · liniment · herbal · folk remedy · bedside · ailment · sickness · fever
Intending to act
Intending to act
- riggin'Ship's ropes and cables
- cobblingFixing or making shoes
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- improvisedCreated without prior planning
fixin'
Intending to act
- treatin'Providin' at one's expense
- nursin'Healthcare profession, informally
- healin'Becoming whole again
poultice · tonic · liniment · herbal · folk remedy · bedside · ailment · sickness · fever
fixin'
Intending to act
fixin'
Intending to act
- riggin'Ship's ropes and cables
- cobblingFixing or making shoes
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
improvised · workaround · temporary · kludge
blues
Mournful American music genre
John Lee Hooker · guitar · harmonica · slide · acoustic · traditional · ballad · Americana · riff · pickin'
doctorin'evidence-based medicine
Clinical care guided by research
clinical treatment · hospital care · hospital treatment · surgery
- spin doctoringStrategic framing of information