doo

See also: dôo, dóó, and -dóó

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: do͞o, IPA(key): /duː/
  • (US) enPR: do͞o, IPA(key): /du/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /dʉː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophones: dew, do, due

Noun

doo

  1. (childish) feces
    Synonyms: BM, doo-doo, doody, poo, poo-poo, poop

Interjection

doo

  1. (music) Used as a scat word in song lyrics.
    • 1995, Phil Farrand, The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers: Volume 2
      (Ever feel like you've just entered... The Twilight Zone? Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo....)
    • 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.

Anagrams


Aiwoo

Pronoun

doo

  1. (interrogative) what
  2. (interrogative) how

References


Gooniyandi

Noun

doo

  1. cave

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish dub, from Proto-Celtic *dubus (black), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (black).

Adjective

doo

  1. black
  2. inky
    Synonym: dooagh

Derived terms

Noun

doo m (genitive singular doo, plural dooghyn)

  1. ink

Derived terms

  • boteil doo (ink-bottle)
  • feddan doo (ink-feed)
  • kiap doo (ink-pad)
  • poagey doo (ink-bag)
  • tobbyr ghoo (ink-well)

Verb

doo

  1. to ink

Mutation

Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
dooghoonoo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Particle

doo

  1. Part of the negative correlative:
    doo ... da
    doo yáʼátʼééh dait is not good
  2. With a nominalizer, forms a negative noun phrase:
    doo yáʼátʼéehiithat which isn’t good
    doo naalnishiithe one who isn’t working
    doo bénáshniihígííthat which I don’t remember
  3. Pairing doo with a verb + -góó forms a negative conditional
    Doo naashnishgóó níká adeeshwoł.If I’m not working, I’ll help you.

Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

doo

  1. Abbreviation of dooleeł (it will be).
  2. paired with ńtʼééʼ, it forms a conditional
    Dine bizaad bóhooshʼaah doo ńtʼééʼ.I should have studied Navajo
    Éí nizhóní doo ńtʼééʼ.That would have been nice; that could have been nice.

See also


Portuguese

Verb 1

doo

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of doer

Verb 2

doo

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of doar

Rohingya

Etymology

Compare Assamese দা (da, a big knife)

Noun

doo

  1. 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)), Swedish duva (dove, pigeon), Norwegian and Danish due (dove, pigeon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duː/, /dʌu/

Noun

doo (plural doos)

  1. dove (bird of the pigeon family, Columbidae)

Derived terms

  • King of the Doos
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