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Doc
Doc
English
Proper noun
Doc
- A nickname for a medical doctor, a person with an advanced educational degree, or a learned person.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A Doc Marten shoe.
- (slang, United States military) A common form of address for combat medics, especially Navy Hospital Corpsmen.
Anagrams
doc
doc
English
Noun
doc (plural docs)
- (informal) A doctor.
Translations
Etymology 2
From document by shortening.
Noun
doc (plural docs)
- (informal, chiefly plural) A document, especially (in professional jargon) a piece of technical documentation or legal evidence.
Etymology 3
From documentary by shortening.
Noun
doc (plural docs)
- (informal) A documentary.
- 2003, The Independent Film & Video Monthly (page 38)
- If you think watching a doc about a spelling bee isn't the most entertaining way to spend ninety minutes, think again.
- 2010, Rachel Johnson, A Diary of The Lady: My First Year As Editor
- On the subject of fat men, I was watching a doc about a mountain of flab called Paul last night and Ludo said that he was very proud that the fattest man in the world was English.
- 2003, The Independent Film & Video Monthly (page 38)