Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The letter d.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To die.
- noun A dairymaid. See
dey .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) an electrode with a large interior cavity, shaped like the letter "D", used in opposed pairs to accelerate particles in a cyclotron.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Northumbrian To
do . - noun The name of the
Latin script letterD /d . - noun Something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.
- noun colloquial Police detective.
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Examples
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This year the New York Asian Film Festival says ³fiddle dee dee² to the economic apocalypse and we¹re singing in the rain of fire and brimstone that heralds the end of the world.
Twitch 2009
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This year the New York Asian Film Festival says ³fiddle dee dee² to the economic apocalypse and we¹re singing in the rain of fire and brimstone that heralds the end of the world.
Twitch 2009
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*tweedle DEET deet dee, tweedle deedle deet dee tweedle DEET deet dee deedle deedle deet dee tweedle DEEDle deedle deedle deedle deedle deedle deedle deedle deedle deedle deedle deedle DEET deet dee*
Save teh whale - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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"HON-ers tew your pardners -- _tee teedle deedle dee dee dee dee_!
Other Main-Travelled Roads Hamlin Garland 1900
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"We have one really special place," they say, promising to show him later what they call a "dee no soo."
Finding True North, Chasing Elusive Bigfoot Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011
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“Exremism in dee fence auf offentide Bibliothik ist nicht sehr gut.”
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I hate that the kid sees his picture and I have to explain that Dit-dee is coming home, but Later, and for now we have to Wait.
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Twiddle-dee is dumb twaddle-dee is sound when the muse is glum so twaddle till you're numb and the muse will come.
Twaddle is Good Too! Sharon Bakar 2006
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She pointed at Bosch while drawing out the word dee-fend-ant.
The Concrete Blond Connelly, Michael, 1956- 1994
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She pointed at Bosch while drawing out the word dee-fend-ant.
The Concrete Blonde Connelly, Michael, 1956- 1994
lightbird25 commented on the word dee
/dē/
verb
The second person plural present of do.
One syllable contraction of ye do.
Etymology: do + ye (The plural form of thou).
March 17, 2023