Dictionary: DO – DOF

► DO n. 1. a party or similar social occasion → 1824 Brit. sl.
n. 2. a hairstyle → 20C teen & high school sl.
n. 3. excrement → 1972 chiefly a children’s word or euphemism
vb. 1. to swindle, to cheat, to deceive → 1641
vb. 2. to perform any sexual act → 1650 sl.
vb. 3. to burgle or rob a place → 1774 sl.
vb. 4. to arrest or charge someone → 1784 Brit. sl.
vb. 5. to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. 6. to take drugs → 1967 sl., orig. US
► D.O.A. n. 1. dead on arrival; a notation indicating that a person was pronounced dead upon arrival at a hospital → 20C US
n. 2. the drug PCP, a strong and sometimes dangerous, illegal drug → M20 US drug culture sl.
► DO A B1 vb. to go somewhere else; to change direction → 1988 Sc.
► DO A BACK-SCUTTLE vb. to copulate with a woman from behind → 1903 Amer. sl.
► DO A BEE WAN vb. to go somewhere else; to change direction → 1988 Sc.
► DO A BID vb. to serve a prison sentence → 2003 African-American sl.
► DO A BIT OF BUM DANCING vb. to have sexual intercourse → 17C sl.
► DO A BIT OF DANCING vb. to have sexual intercourse → 17C sl.
► DO A BIT OF FLAT vb. to indulge in sexual intercourse → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► DOABLE adj. sexually attractive → 20C teen & high school sl.
► DO A BOTTOM-WETTER vb. said by a woman: to copulate → 19C Brit. sl.
► DO ABOUT vb. to bestir oneself, to get busy, to hurry, to bustle about → 1908 Amer. dial.
► DO ABRAM vb. 1. to feign madness → 1909 sl. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to sham sick → 1909 cant  (Bk.)
► DO A BRODIE vb. 1. to commit suicide → L19 sl.
vb. 2. to fail, to slip back into bad habits → L19 sl.
► DO A BROWN ACT vb. to act in a shy manner; to sulk → 1980 NZ sl.
► DO A BUNK vb. to make an escape; to depart hurriedly → 1870 sl.
► DO A CADGE vb. to exist by begging → E19 sl.
► DO A CASEY vb. to fail to make a hit → 1926 US baseball sl. (Bk.)
► DO A CATHARINE WHEEL vb. to execute a series of lateral somersaults → 1840
► DO A COLUMNIST vb. to listen intently → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DOAD ► DOADY n. a fool, a simpleton, an idiot → 1873 Eng. dial.
► DO ADAM AND EVE vb. to have sexual intercourse → L17 sl.
► DO A DANCE ON vb. to kick and stomp → 1974 US sl.
► DO A DIVE IN THE DARK vb. to coit a woman → 19C Brit. sl.
► DO A DUNKIRK vb. to retreat, to back away, or be forced to withdraw, esp. in order to avoid disaster → 1942
► DO A DUST vb. to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DO A DUTCH vb. 1. to commit suicide → 1902 sl., orig. US 
vb. 2. to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DO A FADE vb. 1. to disappear without paying the rent → 20C Can. carnival workers’ sl.
vb. 2. to leave → 1900 sl.
► DO A FADE-OUT vb. to vanish, to escape, to depart; to disappear → 1910 US sl.
► DO A FLANKER vb. to trick, to swindle, to double-cross → 1923 sl.
► DO A FLOP vb. to coit a woman → L19 Brit. & US sl.
► DO A GRAND vb. to do well → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► DO A GRIND vb. to copulate → 19C sl.
► DO A GROUSE vb. to find and copulate with a woman → L19 Brit. sl.
► DO A GUY vb. to slip away, to run away, to decamp → L19 sl.
► DO A HOUDINI vb. to do something clever → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DO A JOB vb. 1. to defecate → 19C colloq.
vb. 2. to perform the job of undertaker → 19C Brit. euphemism
vb. 3. to coit and impregnate or just coit a woman → 20C Brit. & US sl.
vb. 4. to botch things up → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► DOAK n. a stupid person; a dullard → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DO A KINDNESS vb. to coit a woman → E18 Brit. euphemism
► DO A KIP vb. to sleep → 1918 Amer. sl.
► DO A LAM vb. 1. to run; to run away → 1897 US sl.
vb. 2. to escape from prison → L19 US sl.
► DO A LINE vb. 1. to make an amorous approach; to date → 1934 Aust. sl.
vb. 2. to inhale a measured dose of a powdered drug, esp. cocaine → 1979 US sl.
► DO A MACDONALD vb. to desert one’s party → 1930 Brit. Labour leaders’ usage
► DO A MIKE vb. to pretend to be working; to hang about; to loiter, to waste time → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► DO A MOUNT vb. to give evidence → 1942 Brit. sl.
► DO AN AIR DANCE vb. to be hanged → 1929 US sl.
► DO AN ARTHUR DUFFY vb. to run away, to escape → 1905 Amer. sl.
► DO A NASH vb. to go away; to leave; to rush of → 2005 sl. (Bk.)
► DO AND DARE n. underpants; any underclothing → 20C rhyming sl. for ‘underwear’ 
► DO AN EL FOLDO vb. to lose energy, to wilt, to fade → 1962 Amer. sl.
► DO A NEVER vb. to shirk; to loaf → 1946 nautical sl.
► DO A NIBBLE vb. to copulate → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► DO A NICK vb. to run off → 1959 Aust. sl.
► DO AN INJURY TO vb. to cast an evil spell on, to bewitch → 1880 Eng. dial.
► DO AN INSIDE WORRY vb. to copulate → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► DO A NUMBER ON vb. 1. to mistreat someone very badly; to put someone in a very bad situation → M20 US sl.
vb. 2. to beat savagely → 1974 sl.
vb. 3. to have sexual intercourse → 1978 sl.
vb. 4. to flirt; to entice someone with sexual behaviour → 1979 sl.
vb. 5. to get married → 1983 sl.
vb. 6. to manipulate emotionally, esp. through sexually; to cheat, to confuse or deceive someone → 1989 sl.
► DO A NUMBER ON SOMEONE vb. to speak or write critically or disparagingly of; to criticize → 1975 US sl.
► DO A PADDY DOYLE vb. to serve a time of confinement → 1919 Brit. services’ sl.
► DO A PANNY vb. to rob a house → L18 UK criminals’ sl.
► DO A PEE-PEE vb. to urinate → L19 children’s colloq.
► DO A PERISH vb. to die, esp. of thirst → 1894 Aust. colloq.
► DO A PERISHER vb. to die, esp. of thirst → 1892 Aust. colloq.
► DO A PERSON DIRTY vb. to treat someone badly, unfairly, or dishonestly; to cheat or betray → 1879 orig. US
► DO A PERSON SHAME vb. to inflict disgrace or injury on a person; to reproach a person → 1200 obs.
► DO A PORPOISE vb. to dive a submarine at a sharp angle → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
► DO A POWDER vb. 1. to escape, to run away → 1910 sl.
vb. 2. to leave without paying one’s rent → 1940 sl.
vb. 3. of a boxer: to lose deliberately → 1940 sl.
► DO A PUSH vb. of men: to copulate → 17C sl.
► DO A PUT vb. to coit a woman; to intromit the penis → 19C Brit. sl.
► DO A RAT vb. to change sides → E19 sl.
► DO AROUND vb. to busy oneself; to bustle about; to mingle with others, to go from place to place → 1905 Amer. dial.
► DO A RUDENESS TO vb. to copulate with a woman → 20C sl.
► DO A SCRAM vb. to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DO A SCRAMBOLA vb. to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DO A SCREW vb. to depart hurriedly → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DO A SHOOT UP THE STRAIGHT vb. to coit a woman → 19C Brit. sl.
► DO A SKATE vb. 1. to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly, to depart quickly → M19 sl.
vb. 2. to vanish → 1998 NZ sl.
► DO A SKIPPER vb. to sleep rough → 1935 Brit. sl.
► DO A SPREAD vb. to coit, from the female point of view → 19C sl.
► DO A TAP OF WORK vb. to do the smallest amount of work → 1884 Amer. dial.
► DO A U-IE vb. to make a U-turn → 1960 sl., orig. Aust.
► DO A WALKABOUT vb. of an important person: to make an informal tour on foot → 1984 UK sl.
► DO AWAY WITH vb. to kill deliberately; to commit suicide → 1927 sl.
► DO AWAY WITH ONESELF vb. to commit suicide → 20C euphemism
► DO A WOMAN’S JOB FOR HER vb. to coit a woman; to stimulate a woman until she has an orgasm → 19C sl.
► DOB n. 1. a small horse, a pony → 1790 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a blow with anything → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 3. an obeisance, a curtsy, a ‘bob’ → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to throw down; to put down roughly in writing → 1809 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to strike; to give a blow → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DO BANDIES vb. to perform ‘stunt’s as a dare; to do something regarded as a physical feat; to do such and dare others to do the same or to excel → 1928 Amer. dial.
► DOBB ALONG vb. to move along slowly → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DOBBER n. 1. a lump; anything of an extraordinary size → 1868 Eng. dial.
n. 2. an informant or traitor → 20C Aust. sl.
n. 3. spirit, morale; enthusiasm → 1910 US sl.
n. 4. a doughnut → 1970 Amer. dial.
► DOBBER-IN n. an informant or traitor → 20C Aust. sl.
► DOBBET n. a short, stumpy little person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DOBBIE ► DOBBY n. 1. a stupid fellow; a blockhead, a fool, a simpleton, a dolt; a childish old man, a dotard; an awkward fellow, a clown → 1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a household sprite or apparition supposed to haunt certain premises or localities, with powers of either good or evil; a ghost, a spectre → 1781 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a familiar and pet name for ‘Robert’ → 1854 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a worsted stuff → 1876 Eng. dial.
n. 5. in weaving, an attachment to a loom for weaving small figures (i.e. from twelve to thirty-six threads), similar in principle to the Jacquard attachment → 1878
► DOBBIN n. a heavy, stupid person → 1851 Eng. dial.
► DOBBLE n. snow or earth which ‘balls’ or clogs on the feet → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to dabble → 1899 Amer. dial.
► DOB DARN! int. an imprecation → 1908 Amer. euphemism
► DOBEYING n. washing clothes, doing laundry → 1929 naval sl.
► DOBIE n. 1. a washerwoman; a man who performs the functions of a washerwoman → 1892 Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. marijuana → 20C sl.
► DOB IN vb. 1. to contribute to a fund for a special purpose → 20C Aust. & NZ colloq.
vb. 2. to inform against or report, esp. to the police; to betray, implying incrimination → 1955 Aust. & NZ colloq.
► DOB O’ GOODY n. a sweetheart → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DOB ON vb. to inform against or report, esp. to the police → 20C Aust. & NZ colloq.
► DO BROWN vb. to deceive, to take in → 1600 sl.
► DOBS n. a large amount or number → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DOBY adj. of mud: sticky → 1896 Amer. dial.
► DOC n. 1. a physician → M19 colloq.
n. 2. a term of address to a male → 1869 US sl.
n. 3. an athletic coach, used as a title or nickname → 1909 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a dentist → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DOCEAMUR n. sweetheart → 1320 obs.
► DOCIBLE adj. apt to learn; teachable → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DOCIOUS adj. docile, quiet, civil → 1853 Amer. dial.
adv. quietly, submissively → 1853 Amer. dial.
► DOCITY n. ability to comprehend, quick comprehension; tractability → 1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► DOCK n. 1. the buttocks → 1790 Sc.
n. 2. a hospital → 1945 World War II Amer. sl.
vb. 1. to walk with short steps; to go about in a mincing, conceited manner → 1825 Sc.
vb. 2. to possess carnally → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
vb. 3. to strike physically → 1969 US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
► DOCKED adj. dressed up → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DOCKER n. 1. struggle → 1768 Sc.
n. 2. a picnic held in the woods where students can drink, play around, neck, etc. → 1960 US students’ sl.
vb. 1. to labour, to toil as in job-work → 1825 Sc.
vb. 2. to strut, to walk with short steps → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► DOCKSY n. 1. the buttocks → 19C Eng. dial.
n. 2. an overdressed woman → 19C Eng. dial.
► DOCO n. a documentary → 20C Aust. colloq.
► DOCTILOQUENT adj. speaking learnedly → 1656 obs.
► DOCTILOQUOUS adj. speaking learnedly; using learned expressions → 1727 obs.
► DOCTOR n. 1. a cook on a ship or at a camp; also ‘the doctor’ → 1821 sl.
n. 2. a person who mends or repairs things → 20C colloq.
n. 3. a practitioner of voodoo → 1931 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a dragonfly → 1965 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to repair or mend, esp. in a makeshift manner → 20C 
vb. 2. to make different in order to deceive; to tamper with; to falsify or adulterate → 20C 
vb. 3. to castrate or spay an animal → 1939 euphemism
► THE DOCTOR n. the men’s cook on a station → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► DOCTORESS n. a female doctor → 1577 old-fashioned or derogatory usage
► DOCTOR GREEN’S MEDICINE n. the use of a slender limb of a tree to strike or whip a child as punishment → 1905 Amer. dial.
► DOCTOR GREENWADE’S MEDICINE n. the use of a slender limb of a tree to strike or whip a child as punishment → 1905 Amer. dial.
► DOCTOR JESUS n. the pileated woodpecker → 1950 Amer. dial.
► DOCTOR LADY n. 1. a woman skilled at voodoo, conjuration, or herbal medicine → 1938 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a midwife → 1987 Amer. dial.
► DOCTOR ON vb. to treat with voodoo medicine → 1938 Amer. dial.
► DOCTOR’S FLY n. a dragonfly → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DOCTOR SHOP n. a pharmacy or herb doctor’s shop → 1923 Amer. dial.
► DOCTORS’ ROW n. the part of a town where the well-off people live → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DOCTOR STUFF n. medicine → 1831 Amer. dial. arch.
► DOCTOR WOMAN n. 1. a woman skilled at voodoo, conjuration, or herbal medicine → 1943 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a midwife → 1966 Amer. dial.
► DOCTRINIZE vb. to form doctrines or theories; to speculate, to theorize → 1836 
► DOCTRIX n. a female doctor → 1604 obs.
► DOCU n. a documentary film → 20C sl.
► DOCUMENTIZE vb. to preach, to moralize → 1877 Eng. dial.
► DOCUS n. 1. a stupid fellow → 1808 Sc.
n. 2. something or someone very short → 1825 Sc.
► DOCU-SOAP n. a television documentary series in which the lives of the people filmed are presented as entertainment or drama → 20C
► DOCY adj. pretty, neat, charming → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DOC YAK n. a doctor → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DOD n. a bog, a quagmire → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to sulk → 1835 Sc.
► DO-DA n. an unnamed or unspecified thing → 1924 sl.
► DODACKY adj. of wood: decayed rotten → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DODADS n. the testicles → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► DO DAGS vb. to do something that the other person cannot do; to show off; to play foolhardy tricks → 1850 colloq.
► DO DAMAGE vb. to cost a lot → 1997 US sl.
► DO-DANCE n. 1. a roundabout way to a place or to the accomplishment of a purpose; a fool’s errand, a useless journey → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. a scene of hurry or commotion → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DOD BLAST IT! int. an imprecation → 1942 Amer. euphemism
► DOD BURN HIS HIDE! int. God burn his hide! → 1825 Amer. euphemism
► DODBURN YOU! int. an imprecation → 1869 Amer. euphemism
► DODD n. a fox → 1900 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► DODDARD n. a tree missing its top branches through rot or decay → 1693 obs.
► DODDER n. dirt → 1871 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to nod in sleep → 1600 obs. 
vb. 2. to shake or tremble, as from age → 1617
vb. 3. to move unsteadily; to totter → 1819
► DODDERING adj. shaky, feeble, or infirm, as from old age; foolish, senile → 1746
► DODDERKY adj. of wood: decayed rotten → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DODDERY adj. shaky, feeble, or infirm, as from old age → 1919
► DODDIE ► DODDY adj. small, tiny, low in stature → 1839 Eng. dial.
► DODDLE n. something easily accomplished → 20C Brit. colloq.
vb. 1. to walk feebly or slowly; to stroll, to saunter; to dawdle → 1886 Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to nod the head drowsily; to become sleepy or drowsy → 1900 Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 3. to fondle, to pet; to humour, to spoil children → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 4. to fiddle around, to tinker; to stagger and reel → 1975 Amer. dial.
► DODDLER n. a small boy → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DODDLISH adj. infirm → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DODDLY adj. nervous, shaky, unsteady; tottering, old, and not very well → 1953 Amer. dial.
► DOD DROT! int. a mild oath → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DODDY adj. 1. sulky; ill-tempered → 1823 Sc.
adj. 2. boggy, swampy → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. the wren, Troglodytes vulgaris → 1875 Eng. dial.
► DODDY-PATE ► DODIPATE n. a stupid person, a blockhead, a fool, a dunce → 1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► DODDYPOLL ► DODIPOLL n. a dunce; an imbecile → 1401 obs.
► DODE n. a slow person → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► DODELHEIMER n. something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget → 1931 Amer. dial.
► DODENHEIMER n. something whose name is unknown or forgotten; a gadget → 1931 Amer. dial.
► DODGAST IT! int. an imprecation → 1941 Amer. euphemism 
► DODGE n. 1. a deceitful trick or clever stratagem, esp. one designed to evade something; dishonesty → 1638
n. 2. a squirrel’s nest → 1850 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to nod when sleepy → 1896 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to steal an animal → 1965 Aust. sl.
► DODGE AROUND vb. of the wind: to suddenly change direction → 1970 Amer. dial. 
► DODGER adj. excellent → 1941 Aust. sl. 
n. 1. a shifty, dishonest person → 1568
n. 2. bread → 1897 Aust. sl. & services’ usage
n. 3. a slow, easygoing person → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 4. a sandwich → 1925 services’ sl. 
n. 5. a doughnut → 1966 Amer. dial. 
n. 6. a cottontail rabbit → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► DODGERY n. the use of deception or trickery → 1670
► DODGE THE COLUMN vb. to shirk one’s duty or avoid work → 1919 sl., orig. services’ usage 
► DODGE TIMES n. odd moments, spare time → 1933 Amer. dial.
► DODGIE adj. irritable, thin-skinned → 1825 Sc.
► DODGUM! int. an imprecation; God damn! → 1907 Amer. euphemism 
► DODGY adj. 1. risky, difficult, or dangerous → 1861 Aust. & NZ colloq.
adj. 2. uncertain or unreliable; tricky → 1861 Aust. & NZ colloq.
adj. 3. said of a person thought likely to be dishonest → 1861 sl., chiefly Brit.
► DO DICKISES vb. to perform some difficult feat which another cannot do → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DODINKUS n. a thing → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DO DIRT vb. to act immorally → 1893 Amer. dial.
► DO DIRT TO vb. to harm  or injure maliciously → 1893 sl., orig. US
► DODMAN n. a snail → 1550 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► DO-DO n. feces → 19C Brit. & US juvenile sl.
vb. to defecate → 19C Brit. & US juvenile sl.
► DODO n. 1. an intensely conservative or reactionary person who is unaware of changing fashions, ideas, etc. → 20C colloq. 
n. 2. a dull, stupid person; a queer, awkward, or disagreeable person → 1924 Amer. dial.
n. 3. an old man → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. something fixed or permanent → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 5. a cadet before he starts solo flying → 1945 World War II Amer. sl. 
n. 6. a middle-sized or large marble → 1970 Amer. dial. 
► DOD ROT ‘EM! int. an imprecation → 1842 Amer. euphemism
► DODROT YE! int. a mild oath → 1864 US sl.
► DODRUM n. a whim, a fancy → 1823 Sc.
► DOD TROT MY SOUL! int. an imprecation → 1835 Amer. euphemism
► DODUNK n. a stupid, simple person → 1895 Amer. dial. 
► DOE adj. cool → 20C teen & high school sl. 
n. 1. a woman (in contrast to a man) → 1909 Amer. dial. 
n. 2. a woman’s toilet → 1967 Amer. dial. 
► DOE CAT n. a she-cat → 1913 Amer. dial  (Bk.)
► DOES n. a foolish or despicable person → 20C S. Afr. sl., taboo usage
► DOESN’T HAVE A TAIL-FEATHER LEFT phr. said of one completely broke → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► DOF adj. stupid → 20C S. Afr. colloq.
► DOFFED OUT adj. dressed → 1890 Eng. dial.
► DOFFING n. humiliation, a ‘come down’ → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DOFLICKETY n. a thing whose name is unknown or forgotten; any small article → 1900 sl., orig. Can. military 
► DO FOR vb. 1. to do the work of a servant → 1844 sl.
vb. 2. to ruin; to destroy → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DOFOTCHET n. a doohickey; something whose name is unknown or forgotten → 1976 Amer. dial.
► DOFUNNY n. any small article → 1913 Amer. dial.