Dictionary: DOT – DOU

• DOTAGE
n. 1609 obs. – an object of affection; a person or thing which is doted upon or regarded with extreme fondness

• DOTAL
adj. a1522 – relating to a bride’s dowry

• DOT-AND-CARRY-ONE
adj. 1. 1851 – limping, uneven
adj. 2. 1900 – lacking in coherence or fluency; halting; disjointed
n. 1. 1822 obs. rare, derogatory – a nickname for a person involved in finance or financial calculations
n. 2. 1841 rare – a person with a limping,  uneven gait, esp. one who has a wooden leg or uses a crutch

• DOT AND DASH
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to depart hurriedly  

• DOT-AND-GO-ONE
adj. 1. 1768 Brit. colloq. – limping, lame
adj. 2. 1818 Brit. colloq. – disjointed; clumsy, awkward
adv. 1797 Brit. obs. – with an uneven, limping gait
n. 1. 1772 Brit. obs. – a person or animal with a limping, uneven gait
n. 2. 1788 Brit.  obs. rare – an inferior teacher of writing or arithmetic

• DOTANT
n. a1616 obs. rare – a person whose intellect or understanding is impaired by age; a dotard

• DOT A PERSON ONE
vb. 1881 Brit. sl. – to hit, to punch

• DOTARD
adj. c1405 – foolish, stupid; also, of impaired intellect or understanding in old age
n. 1. a1393 – a weak-minded or foolish old person
n. 2. 1592 – a tree that has lost its branches or upper trunk, esp. through age, damage, or decay
n. 3. 1601 obs. – a person who dotes on a person or thing

• DOTARDAGE
n. 1859 – orig. foolishness; later, dotage; old age

• DOTARDISM
n. 1831 – foolishness; dotage

• DOTARDLY
adj. 1632 – foolish, stupid; also, of impaired intellect or understanding in old age

• DOTARDY
n. 1889 – orig. foolishness; later, dotage; old age

• DOTATE
vb. c1540 obs., orig. Sc. – to endow a person, place, or institution

• DOT-BOMB
n. 1999 colloq. – an internet company which has become bankrupt or ceased to operate; a failed or unsuccessful dotcom

• DOTE
n. 1. a1275 – a foolish, incompetent or slow-witted person
n. 2. 1509 obs. – a woman’s dowry or marriage portion; property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage; an endowment
n. 3. 1546 obs. – a natural gift; a personal quality or ability; usually used in plural
n. 4. 1602 obs. – a state of stupor
n. 5. 1643 obs. – something that arises from folly
n. 6. 1809 Ireland – a dear or loved one; a darling, a pet, a favourite; often used as a term of endearment or form of address, esp. for a child
n. 7. 1874 – decay or rot in a tree or timber
vb. 1. c1225 obs. – to act or talk foolishly, stupidly, or irrationally; to be deranged, or out of one’s wits
vb. 2. c1275 – to have one’s intellect or mental faculties impaired due to old age
vb. 3. a1440 obs. – of a tree, etc.: to decay, to rot
vb. 4. c1440 obs. – to fool or confuse a person; to cause a person to become crazy or foolish
vb. 5. 1519 Sc. obs. – to endow with riches, privileges, etc.; to endow a person with qualities or abilities
vb. 6. 1560 – to provide a bride with a dowry

• DOTED
adj. 1. a1375 – foolish, crazy; exhibiting mental impairment
adj. 2. 1466 rare – of a tree, timber, etc.: decayed inside, rotten, unsound

• DOTEHEAD
n. 1530 obs. rare – a foolish or crazy person

• DO TELL!
int. Bk1905 Amer. dial. – really! indeed!

• DOTER
n. 1. 1568 – a foolish or crazy person; a dotard; a person whose intellect is impaired due to old age
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a daughter 

• DOTERESS
n. 1668 obs. – a female doter

• DOTERY
n. 1587 obs. – foolishness, folly; madness, mental confusion

• DOTEY
adj. 1852 – dear, darling; lovable, sweet, cute
n. 1663 – a dear or loved one; a darling, a pet, a favourite; often used as a term of endearment or form of address, esp. for a child

• DOTHEAD
n. 1982 US sl., derogatory & offensive – a person of South Asian origin or descent

• DO THE AGREEABLE
vb. 1851 – to make oneself pleasant; to show courteous attentions

• DO THE BIZZ
vb. 1995 Irish sl. – to engage in sexual activity

• DO THE BLOCK
vb. 1869 – to lounge in the fashionable promenade 

• DO THE BOLT
vb. 20C Aust. sl. – to run away, esp. when caught committing a misdemeanour

• DO THE BOOK
vb. 1927 sl. – to suffer the maximum penalty

• DO THE BUSINESS FOR
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to ruin; to destroy 

• DO THE BUTTERED BUN
vb. M17 sl. – of a male: to take second place in a bout of serial intercourse

• DO THE BUTTERED SCONE
vb. M17 sl. – of a male: to take second place in a bout of serial intercourse

• DO THE CAT-ACT
vb. 1908 Amer. dial. – to fall on one’s feet 

• DO THE DANCE
vb. 1920s US sl. – to be hanged 

• DO THE DIRTIES
vb. 1968 US college sl. – to act promiscuously; to engage in copulation 

• DO THE DIRTY DEED
vb. a1968 US college sl. – to engage in copulation 

• DO THE DIRTY ON
vb. 1914 sl. – to treat unfairly; to betray 

• DO THE DO
vb. 20C teen & high school sl. – to have sex 

• DO THE DOWNY
vb. 1860 – to lie in bed, to sleep

• DO THE DUTCH ACT
vb. 1902 sl., orig. US  – to commit suicide

• DO THE HEAVY
vb. 1884 sl. – to swagger; to make a fine show 

• DO THE LA-DI-DA
vb. c1883 sl. – to show off in dress and manner 

• DO THE LARDY-DAH
vb. c1883 sl. – to show off in dress and manner 

• DO THE NASTY
vb. 1977 African-American sl. – to copulate

• DO THE NAUGHTY
vb. Bk1902 sl. – to play the whore

• DO THE NEEDFUL
vb. L18 sl. – to pay a bill

• DO THE PACIFIC SLOPE
vb. L19 NZ sl. – to flee New Zealand when accused of a crime in order to find refuge in one of the countries of the Pacific Rim

• DO THE PORK SWORD JIGGLE
vb. 1940s sl. – to masturbate (pork sword = the penis)

• DO THE Q.T.
vb. L19 sl. – to lead a quiet life

• DOTHER
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a daughter

• DO TIME
vb. 1837 sl. – to serve a prison sentence

• DOTING
adj. 1. 1541 – excessively fond
adj. 2. 1593 obs. – of trees: decaying, rotten, esp. from age
n. a1450 obs. – a rotting, decay in timber

• DOTING PIECE
n. 1733 rare – the object of a person’s love or affection

• DOTISH
adj. 1509 – foolish, stupid, silly, lacking sense or judgement; having one’s mental faculties impaired, esp. by old age

• DOTISHNESS
n. 1598 – foolishness, stupidity, silliness

• DOT MAKER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a songwriter

• DOT ONE’S I’S AND CROSS ONE’S T’S
vb. 1820 – to be meticulous or precise, even to the smallest detail

• DOTS
n. Bk1903 sl. – money

• DOTTER
vb. c1475 now chiefly Sc. – to walk or move unsteadily; to stagger, to totter; to walk or move slowly or aimlessly; to potter

• DOTTERED
1581 rare, chiefly Sc. – foolish, stupid; also, having ones mental faculties impaired in old age

• DOTTEREL
adj. 1577 obs. – foolish, stupid
n. 1440 rare exc. Sc. & Eng. dial. – a silly, stupid person, esp. one who is easily duped; an elderly person whose mental faculties are impaired

• DOTTERELISM
n. 1611 obs. rare – lack of intellect or mental capacity

• DOTTEREL TREE
n. a1568 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a tree which had its upper trunk and branches cut back

• DOTTILY
adv. 1. 1867 – with a limping, uneven gait; unsteadily; esp. used of a horse
adv. 2. 1937 – in an eccentric manner; absurdly, crazily

• DOTTINESS
n. 1. 1875 colloq., rare – unsteadiness or unevenness of gait; esp. used of a horse
n. 2. 1885 – mental confusion; craziness, eccentricity

• DOTTINGS
n. 1839 – brief notes; jottings

• DOTTLE
adj. c1390 chiefly Sc. – lacking sense or judgement; foolish; crazy; having one’s mental faculties impaired in old age
n. 1. c1400 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial. – a foolish or stupid person; an elderly person whose mental faculties are impaired
n. 2. a1450 obs. rare – a small lump or plug of flesh
n. 3. 1808 orig. & chiefly Sc. & Ireland – something small, esp. the droppings of a small animal; a small amount of something
n. 4. 1815 – the plug of half-smoked tobacco in the bottom of a pipe after smoking

• DOTTLED
adj. 1772 Sc. – having the mental faculties impaired, esp. in old age

• DOTTRY
n. 1576 obs. rare – impairment of the intellect; mental confusion

• DOTTY
adj. 1. 1805 colloq. – crazy, eccentric
adj. 2. 1843 colloq., rare  – feeble or unsteady in gait
adj. 3. 1885 colloq. – very enthusiastic or infatuated: usually followed by ‘about’ or ‘over’
adj. 4. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – bewildered; confused; muddled

• DOTY
adj. 1. c1450 obs. – silly, foolish
adj. 2. 1880 Southern US – of wood: decayed

• DOUBLE
n. 1543 obs., chiefly Sc. – a duplicate, a copy, a transcript of a writing
vb. c1380 Sc. obs. – to repeat or reiterate; to make a copy or duplicate of

• DOUBLE ACE
n. 20C sl. – in dominoes; 1-1

• DOUBLE-ASSED
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – wide in the posteriors

• DOUBLE BAGGER
n. 20C teen & high school sl. – a person so ugly he or she needs two bags over his or her head instead of just one

• DOUBLE-BARRELLED
adj. 1. 1777 – serving a double purpose; double, twofold
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – important

• DOUBLE-BARRELS
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – opera or field glasses

• DOUBLE BIND
n. 1956 – a situation in which a person is given simultaneous but mutually contradictory cues, so that whatever he does will be wrong

• DOUBLE BOGEY
n. 1954 orig. US – a score of two strokes over par on a hole

• DOUBLE-BOTTOMED
adj. World War II Amer. sl. – insincere; implying one thing and meaning another

• DOUBLE-BOUND
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – determined 

• DOUBLE BURGER
n. 1980s US students’ sl. – a very, very sexy woman

• DOUBLE CHAIR
n. 1. 1795 obs. – a light pleasure carriage having two seats
n. 2. 1904 – a love-seat

• DOUBLE CLOUT
n. Bk1893 sl. – the ‘menstrual cloth’

• DOUBLE-DASH!
int. M19 – damn!

• DOUBLE-DECKER
n. 1825 Amer. – a food item consisting of two main layers, as a sandwich made with three slices of bread and two layers of filling

• DOUBLE DEUCE
n. 20C sl. – in dominoes; 2-2

• DOUBLE-DINK
vb. 1941 Aust. sl. – to ride two on a horse, bicycle, etc.

• DOUBLE-DISTILLED
adj. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – important
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate

• DOUBLE-DOME
n. 1930s sl. – an intellectual, a scholar, esp. one who seems to hold eccentric or impractical opinions

• DOUBLE-DOMED
adj. 1950s sl. – intellectual

• DOUBLE DUMMY
n. 1900 – a variety of bridge for two players in which two hands are kept face down until the end of the bidding when both hands are exposed

• DOUBLED UP
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead

• DOUBLE DUTCH
n. 1875 sl. – unintelligible or garbled speech or language

• DOUBLE-DYE
vb. 1879 – to imbue or stain deeply

• DOUBLE EAGLE
n. 1. L18 sl. – a $20 coin
n. 2. 1925 chiefly US – a score of three strokes under par on a hole
n. 3. 1967 Amer. dial. – a twenty-dollar bill

• DOUBLE FACE
n. 1. 1828 – duplicity
n. 2. 1892 – (as ‘double-face’) a hypocrite

• DOUBLE-FACED
adj. 1565 – practicing duplicity; hypocritical, insincere

• DOUBLE-FINNUP
n. Bk1903 sl. – £10

• DOUBLE FIVE
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. college sl. – an attractive girl
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something excellent

• DOUBLEFOLD
adj. 1382 obs. – twofold, double

• DOUBLE-GANGER
n. 1830 – the apparition of a living person; a double, a wraith

• DOUBLE-GOER
n. 1824 – the apparition of a living person; a double, a wraith

• DOUBLE-HANDEDNESS
n. 1883 – duplicity of action

• DOUBLE HEART
n. 1382 – double-dealing, duplicity, insincerity

• DOUBLE-HEARTED
adj. a1555 – deceitful, dissembling

• DOUBLE JUGGS
n. 1621 sl. – the buttocks

• DOUBLE L
n. 1976 US sl. – a telephone (landline)

• DOUBLE-LOADED
adj. 1956 UK sl. – carrying a large amount, esp. of stolen property

• DOUBLE-MINDED
adj. 1545 – wavering or undecided in mind

• DOUBLE NEIVE
n. 1882 Eng. dial. – the clenched hand

• DOUBLENESS
n. 1. c1374 – duplicity, deceitfulness, treachery
n. 2.  a1513 obs. – double or doubtful meaning; ambiguity

• DOUBLE NET
n. 1991 UK sl. – in betting: odds of 20-1

• DOUBLE NICKEL
n. 1. 1976 US sl. – fifty-five miles an hour, the speed limit imposed throughout he US by the federal government in 1974
n. 2. 1990 US sl. – fifty-five; five-fifty
n. 3. 1998 US sl. – a ten-year prison sentence

• DOUBLE NICKELS
n. 1999 US sl. – in craps: a roll of ten made with a pair of fives

• DOUBLE NUTS
n. 1984 US sl. – double zero

• DOUBLE-O
n. 1. 1913 US sl. – an intense look; a close examination
n. 2. 1981 US sl. – Kool cigarettes
n. 3. 2002 UK sl. – a nickname for rock musician Ozzy Osbourne (born 1948)

• DOUBLE PACKER
n. 1966 US sl. – a member of the Hell’s Angels who is prone to take a girlfriend with him on excursions

• DOUBLE PLUS UNGOOD
adj. 1980s US sl. – bad

• DOUBLER
n. 1. 1556 obs. – a double-dealer; a deceitful person
n. 2. 1811 sl. – a blow that ‘doubles up’ a person

• DOUBLE-RIBBED
adj. 1598 – great with child, pregnant

• DOUBLE-RIVETED
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate

• DOUBLE ROCK
n. 1998 UK sl. – crack cocaine diluted with procaine

• DOUBLE ROUGH
n. 1990 US sl. – a prison sentence of 50 years

• DOUBLE RUSH
vb. 1995 US bicycle messengers’ sl. – to deliver in an expedited fashion 

• DOUBLES
n. 1413 obs. – two of the same kind; twins

• DOUBLE SAW
n. 1. 1850 US sl. – twenty dollars or a twenty-dollar bill
n. 2. 1930 US sl. – twenty years imprisonment

• DOUBLE SAWBUCK
n. 1. 1850 US sl. – twenty dollars or a twenty-dollar bill
n. 2. 1930 US sl. – twenty years imprisonment

• DOUBLE SAWSKI
n. 1953 US sl. – a twenty-dollar bill

• DOUBLE SIGHT
n. E18 sl. – a ‘sight’ (a gesture of derision made by placing the thumb on the tip of one’s nose and spreading out the fingers like a fan) intensified by joining the tip of the little finger to the thumb of the other hand, which in turn has its fingers extended fanwise

• DOUBLE-SILVER-BAR JOHN
n. World War II Amer. sl. – an Army captain, whose insignia is two parallel bars

• DOUBLE STACKS
n. 2002 US sl. – MDMA, ecstasy

• DOUBLE-STAKES-ABOUT
n. 2001 UK sl. – in gambling: a type of conditional bet

• DOUBLE TAPS
n. 1991 UK sl. – in betting: odds of 15-8

• DOUBLE TIME
adv. 1994 UK sl. – very much, greatly, absolutely

• DOUBLE TON
n. 1. 1993 US sl. – in motor racing: 200 miles per hour
n. 2. 1995 UK sl. – in cricket: a batsman’s score of 200 runs or more in one innings

• DOUBLE TONGUE
n. c1386 obs. – duplicity or deceitfulness of speech

• DOUBLE-TONGUED
adj. c1384 – deceitful or insincere in speech; speaking contrary or inconsistent things

• DOUBLE TRE
n. 1998 UK sl. – six

• DOUBLE TROUBLE
n. 1. 1967 US sl. – a capsule of sodium amobarbital and sodium secobarbital (Tuinal™), a combination of central nervous system depressants
n. 2. 1990 US sl. – any combination of drugs
n. 3. 1990 US sl. – a member of Alcoholics Anonymous who is seeking treatment for a second psychological disorder

• DOUBLE TRUCK
n. Bk1998 sl. – a two-page ad

• DOUBLE U
n. 1914 colloq. – a W.C., a water-closet

• DOUBLE-UGLY
adj. 19C Eng. dial. – hideously ugly, extra ugly 
n. 1. 19C Eng. dial. – generally used as a dog’s name, especially the brindled bulldog breed
n. 2. 19C Eng. dial. – hence, figuratively, any specially ugly person of either sex

• DOUBLE UPS
n. 1992 US sl. – vials of crack cocaine

• DOUBLE WILLIE
n. 1973 US sl. – a stagehand who is paid at the double-time rate for working through meal and rest breaks

• DOUBLE YOKE
n. 1998 UK sl. – crack cocaine

• DOUBLE-YOLKER
n. 1. 1999 NZ prison sl. – a fool
n. 2. 2002 NZ sl. – a ewe carrying twins

• DOUBLE ZERO
n. 1996 UK sl. – a high grade variety of hashish from Morocco; generally, marijuana

• DOUBLE ZERO ROCKY
n. 1999 UK sl. – cannabis resin

• DOUBLING
adj. 1. 1581 – evasive
adj. 2. 1629 obs. – stammering
n. 1. 1398 obs. – repetition
n. 2. 1573 – an evasion, a shift; deceitful or tricky action; double dealing

• DOUBLOONS
n. 1908 jocular usage – money

• DOUBLY
adv. c1430 – with duplicity; deceitfully

• DOUBT
n. 1. a1225 obs. – apprehension, dread, fear
n. 2. a1400 obs. – a thing to dreaded; danger, risk
vb. 1. c1225 obs. – to dread, to fear, to be afraid of
vb. 2. 1483 obs. – to hesitate, to scruple, to delay
vb. 3. 1586 arch. – to have suspicions about

• DOUBTABLE
adj. c1430 obs. – to be dreaded

• DOUBTANCE
n. 1. c1325 obs. – doubt,  uncertainty,  hesitation
n. 2. a1400 obs. – fear, dread

• DOUBTFUL
adj. 1. 1398 obs. – to be dreaded or feared; awful
adj. 2. 1548 obs. – apprehensive

• DOUBTFULNESS
n. 1576 obs. – apprehension

• DOUBTING THOMAS
n. 1877 UK – a perpetually sceptical person

• DOUBTIVE
adj. 1393 obs. – in doubt or fear; doubtful

• DOUBTLESS
adj. c1440 obs. – free from apprehension, fear, or suspicion

► DOUBTOUS ► DOUTOUS adj. 1. fraught with terror; fearful, dreadful, terrible → 1300 obs.
adj. 2. doubtful; of uncertain existence, meaning, or issue → 1330 obs.
adj. 3. full of uncertainty of mind; doubting → 1374 obs.

• DOUBTSOME
adj. a1522 Sc. & Eng. dial. – doubtful

• DOUBTY
adj. c1380 obs. rare – doubtful; dubious; hazardous

• DOUCE
adj. 1. a1350 now Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – pleasant, sweet, gentle
adj. 2. a1425 obs. – sweet to the taste
adj. 3. 1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – quiet, sober, sedate; prudent
vb. 1. a1475 obs. – to sweeten an item of food
vb. 2. 1593 obs. – to soften, to mollify

• DOUCETS
n. M16 hunting usage – the testicles of a deer

• DOUCEUR
n. 1. c1400 – sweetness and pleasantness of manner; amiability, gentleness
n. 2. 1739 – a benefit, gift, or sum of money given as a gratuity, compensation, or bribe

• DOUCEUR DE LA VIE
n. 1941 – a way of life characterized by pleasure, comfort, and ease

• DOUCEUR DE VIVRE
n. 1907 – a way of life characterized by pleasure, comfort, and ease

• DOUCEURS
n. 1. 1665 obs. – agreeable or pleasant words; complimentary phrases
n. 2. 1700 – pleasurable experiences; sources of enjoyment, comfort, or delight

• DOUCHE
n. 1. 1739 – the application of a jet or stream of water, air, or steam to a person’s body, esp. for medical purposes or as a means of cleansing; a shower 
n. 2. 1845 – something that has a sobering, restraining, or curtailing effect
n. 3. 1968 sl., orig. US – a stupid, obnoxious, or contemptible person; a person who behaves despicably
vb. 1. 1843 obs. – to wash oneself; to shower
vb. 2. 1968 US sl. – to reject someone’s application for membership in a fraternity
vb. 3. 1972 US sl. – to take an enema before or after anal sex

• DOUCHE-BAG
n. 1942 US sl., orig. US – a stupid, obnoxious, or contemptible person; a person who behaves despicably

• DOUCHEBAGGERY
n. 2000 sl., orig. US – obnoxious or irritating behaviour

• DOUCHEY
adj. 1991 US sl. – stupid, obnoxious, or contemptible

• DOU-DOU
n. 1890 Caribbean – a term of endearment, esp. to a woman or a child; sweetie, darling

• DOUFAS;  DOUFUS
n. 1930s African-American & teen sl. – a bizarre, eccentric person 

• DOUGH
n. 1. 1848 sl., chiefly N. Amer. – money
n. 2. 1909 US Army sl. – an infantryman, esp. one in the US Army

• DOUGH-BAKE
n. a1895 Eng. dial. – a stupid or foolish person;; a simpleton, an idiot

• DOUGH-BAKED
adj. 1592 – deficient in reason or sense; also, foolish, half-witted

• DOUGH-BALL
n. 1. 1836 orig. US – a dumpling
n. 2. 1983 colloq., chiefly Sc. – (as ‘doughball’) a stupid or foolish person; an idiot

• DOUGH BEATER
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a baker; a cook 

• DOUGH BOXER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a cook

• DOUGHBOY
n. 1. 1835 US sl. – a US infantryman, esp. in World War I 
n. 2. Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl. – a baker 

• DOUGH-BRAINED
adj. 2007 – foolish, stupid, deficient in reason or sense

• DOUGH CAKE
n. a1794 Eng. dial. obs. – a fool, an idiot

• DOUGHER
n. 1314 obs. – a person who makes dough; a baker

• DOUGH FACE
n. 1755 – a face resembling dough in colour or appearance; a pale, plump, or bloated face

• DOUGH-FACED
adj. 1773 – having a pale, plump, or bloated face or complexion

• DOUGHFOOT
n. Amer. World War I sl.  – a soldier, esp. an ordinary infantryman in the US army

• DOUGHGIRL
n. Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl. – a YMCA or Red Cross girl, i.e. one who bakes and gives out doughnuts 

• DOUGH-HEAD
n. 1. 1807 colloq., orig. & chiefly US – a fool, a stupid person; an idiot
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a cook 

• DOUGH-HOLE
n. 1940s sl. – the mouth 

• DOUGHNUT
n. 1. 1921 US colloq. – a tire, esp. a spare or temporary tire considered to be of an inferior quality
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a person of wealth who is easily fleeced 

• DOUGHNUT ARMY
n. Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl. – the Salvation Army 

• DOUGHNUTTING
n. 1989 parliament sl., chiefly Brit. – the clustering of politicians round a speaker during a televised parliamentary debate, esp. in order to give the impression that the speaker is well supported or to conceal low attendance

• DOUGH PUNCHER
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl. – a baker 

• DOUGH-REY-ME
n. 1926 US sl. – money 

• DOUGH ROLLER
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a baker; a cook 

• DOUGHT
adj. c1330 obs. – brave, valiant
n. 1731 Sc. obs. – power, strength, ability 

• DOUGHTER
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a daughter 

• DOUGHTIHEAD
n. a1400 obs. – virtuous character or conduct; moral goodness

• DOUGHTILY
adv. 1. a1375 obs. – skilfully, earnestly
adv. 2. c1380 arch. – in a courageous and determined manner; valiantly, resolutely

• DOUGHTINESS
n. c1175 – valour, boldness, might, strength

• DOUGHTY
adj. a1000 now arch. or jocular usage – brave, bold,fearless and resolute; stout-hearted
n. a1400 rare – a brave, bold, resolute person

• DOUGHTY-HEARTED
adj. 1864 – bold, brave, courageous

• DOUGHY
adj. 1763 – of the face, complexion or part of the body: pallid, pasty; pale and somewhat flabby or bloated
n. 1818 Sc. – a simpleton 

• DOUGLAS
n. 1905 Aust. sl. – an axe 

• DOULA
n. M20 – a person, typically an experienced mother, who provides emotional support, practical help, and advice to a woman during pregnancy and childbirth and for the first few weeks after birth

• DO UP
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to ruin; to destroy 

• DOUP
n. 1. E16 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – the bottom of an eggshell
n. 2. M17 Sc. – the buttocks
n. 3. 1710 Sc. obs. – the end or last part of anything, as a candle
vb. 1. 1694 Sc. & Eng. dial. rare – to stoop, to bend down, to duck; to descend, to come down; to fall
vb. 2. 1791 Sc. obs. rare – of the darkness of night: to descend, to set in; also of a day: to draw to a close

• DOUP OF THE DAY
n. 1710 Sc. obs. – the end of the day

• DOURLACH
n. 1825 Sc. obs. – a short sword; a dagger

• DO US A FAVOUR!
int. 1963 sl. – I don’t believe it!

• DOUSE
n. a1600 – a dull heavy blow
vb. 1. 1559 now Eng. dial. – to strike, to knock, to punch
vb. 2. 1759 obs. – to put down or pay out money
vb. 3. 1780 colloq. – to remove an item of clothing
vb. 4. L18 – to take off a hat
vb. 5. L18 chiefly Eng. dial. – to throw down with force
vb. 6. 1887 obs. – to stop one’s talking, crying, etc.
vb. 7. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to extinguish, hence, to destroy

• DOUSE A PERSON’S CHOPS
vb. 1665 – to give a person a thrashing

• DOUSE A PERSON’S JACKET
vb. 1892 Eng. dial. – to give a person a thrashing

• DOUSED
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead 

• DOUSER
n. 1782 obs. – a heavy blow

• DOUSE THE GLIM
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to extinguish the light 

• DOUSING
n. 1721 rare – a beating

• DOUST
n. a1627 obs. – a firm blow; a punch 

• DOUT
n. 1. 1573 rare – an implement used to extinguish a burning candle
n. 2. 1928 Sc. colloq. – a cigarette end
vb. 1. 1526 – to extinguish, to put out a fire or light
vb. 2. a1616 obs. rare – to dim or obstruct a person’s eyes so as to obscure vision; to blind

• DOUTER
n. 1. 1622 – an implement used to extinguish a burning candle, either in the form of a small hollow metal cone on the end of a handle that is used to smother the flame, or a device (chiefly used in plural) like a pair of tongs with a central pivot, whose broad, flat blades are made to pinch the wick
n. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a daughter 

• DOUTH
n. 1. a1000 obs. – virtue, excellence; nobility; power, wealth
n. 2. a1000 obs. – a good deed; benefit
n. 3. a1000 obs. – a group of people; esp. an army or retinue
n. 4. c1275 obs. – adulthood, maturity

• DOUTHLY
adv. c1275 obs. – virtuously, worthily

• DOUTOUS
adj. 1. a1300 obs. – fraught with terror; fearful, dreadful, terrible 
adj. 2. c1330 obs. – doubtful; of uncertain existence, meaning, or issue 
adj. 3. c1374 obs. – full of uncertainty of mind; doubting 

• DOUZEPER
n. c1330 rare – a knight or illustrious person