Associations to the word «Happening»

Wiktionary

HAPPENING, verb. Present participle of happen
HAPPENING, adjective. (slang) (of a place) Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
HAPPENING, adjective. (slang) (of a person or product) Trendy, up-to-the-minute.
HAPPENING, noun. Something that happens.
HAPPENING, noun. A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.

Dictionary definition

HAPPENING, noun. An event that happens.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope