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Doo
Doo
(doō)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
A dove.
[Scot.]
Definition 2024
doo
doo
English
Noun
doo (plural doos)
Synonyms
Interjection
doo
- (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.
- 1995, Phil Farrand, The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers: Volume 2
Related terms
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish dub, from Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“black”).
Adjective
doo
Synonyms
- dooagh (“inky”)
Derived terms
- Yn Vooir Ghoo (“the Black Sea”)
Noun
doo m (genitive singular doo, plural dooghyn)
Derived terms
Terms derived from doo
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Verb
doo
- to ink
Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
doo | ghoo | noo |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Navajo
Pronunciation
Particle
doo
- Part of the negative correlative:
- doo ... da:
- doo yáʼátʼééh da ― it is not good
- doo ... da:
- With a nominalizer, forms a negative noun phrase:
- doo yáʼátʼéehii ― that which isn’t good
- doo naalnishii ― the one who isn’t working
- doo bénáshniihígíí ― that which I don’t remember
- 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
Terms derived from doo
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Pronunciation
Verb
doo
- it will be (abbreviated form of dooleeł)
- 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
doo
- First-person singular (eu) present indicative of doer
- First-person singular (eu) present indicative of doar
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”), Danish and Norwegian due (“dove, pigeon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duː/, /dʌu/
Noun
doo (plural doos)
- dove (bird of the pigeon family, Columbidae)
Derived terms
- King of the Doos