ALL meanings of self-making
self-mak·ing
S s - noun self-making the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill. 1
- noun self-making structure; constitution; makeup. 1
- noun self-making the means or cause of success or advancement: to be the making of someone. 1
- noun self-making Usually, makings. capacity or potential: He has the makings of a first-rate officer. 1
- noun self-making makings. material of which something may be made: the makings for a tossed salad. Older Slang. paper and tobacco with which to make a hand-rolled cigarette. 1
- noun self-making something made. 1
- noun self-making the quantity made: a making of butter. 1
- idioms self-making in the making, in the process of being made; developing or evolving; growing: Our space scientists see history in the making. 1