Definitions and meaning of doo
doo
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: do͞o, IPA(key): /duː/
- (US) enPR: do͞o, IPA(key): /du/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /dʉː/
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- Rhymes: -uː
- Homophones: dew, do, due
Noun
doo
- (childish) feces
- Synonyms: BM, doo-doo, doody, poo, poo-poo, poop
Interjection
doo
- (music) Used as a scat word in song lyrics.
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- 2006, Steve Taylor, A to X of Alternative Music (page 272)
- […] the bloke who sang about coloured girls going 'doo de doo de doo doo d'de doo de doo de doo' had once had this thing with the guy who produced the debut albums by the Stooges and Patti Smith.
Related terms
Anagrams
Aiwoo
Pronoun
doo
- (interrogative) what
- (interrogative) how
References
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) , “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Gooniyandi
Noun
doo
- cave
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish dub, from Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“black”).
Adjective
doo
- black
- inky
- Synonym: dooagh
Derived terms
- Yn Vooir Ghoo (“the Black Sea”)
Noun
doo m (genitive singular doo, plural dooghyn)
- ink
Derived terms
Verb
doo
- to ink
Mutation
See also
Navajo
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Particle
doo
- Part of the negative correlative:
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- With a nominalizer, forms a negative noun phrase:
- With a verb + -góó, forms a negative conditional:
Derived terms
Pronunciation
Verb
doo
- Abbreviation of dooleeł (“it will be”).
- When paired with ńtʼééʼ, forms a conditional:
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
doo
- (obsolete) past plural of døy
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb 1
doo
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of doer
Verb 2
doo
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of doar
Rohingya
Etymology
Compare Assamese দা (da, “a big knife”)
Noun
doo
- knife
Scots
Etymology
From Old English *dūfe (compare woman's given name Dūfe); akin to Old High German tūba (“dove, pigeon”), Icelandic dúfa (“dove, pigeon”), Dúfa (woman's first name)), Danish dove, pigeon, Norwegian Bokmål due (“dove, pigeon”), Norwegian Nynorsk due (“dove, pigeon”) and Swedish duva (“dove, pigeon”).
Pronunciation
Noun
doo (plural doos)
- dove, pigeon (bird of the dove and pigeon family: Columbidae)
Derived terms
- King of the Doos (“English Carrier (an old domestic pigeon breed)”)
Solon
Noun
doo
- song
References
- Bayarma Khabtagaeva, Dagur Elements in Solon Evenki, 2012.
Teposcolula Mixtec
Etymology
From Proto-Mixtec *ⁿdòòʔ.
Noun
doo
- cane
Derived terms
References
- Alvarado, Francisco de (1593) Vocabulario en lengua misteca (in Spanish), Mexico: En casa de Pedro Balli, page 43v: “caña de comer. doo.”
Source: wiktionary.org- (Scots) a dove or pigeon.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)