do
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Is do a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of do?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.Examples: "Do you go there often?"auxiliary
2. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.Examples: "I do not go there often."; "Do not listen to him."; "“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity."auxiliary
3. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.Examples: "But I do go sometimes."; "Do tell us."; "Boy, did I make a mistake!"auxiliary
4. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.Examples: "I play tennis; she does too."; "Likes her cappuccino, Mary does. (UK, colloquial)"; "Your remarks piqued my curiosity, as it did my mom's too."auxiliary
5. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.Examples: "Do I just call every number on the list each time?"Synonyms: shouldauxiliaryinformalinterrogativemodal
6. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.Examples: "...An' the dogs do bark, an' the rooks be a-vled to the elems high and dark, an' the water do roar at mill."auxiliarydialectal
noun (English)
1. (DoggoLingo, chiefly used with verbs)Examples: "Is your significant other doing you a heckin distress?"; "When they stick out their tongues, they're doing a mlem, a blep, a blop. They bork. They boof."; "Woof woof! I’m the goodest boi! I will do you all a protecc (in exchange for yummy treats and full medical, dental, and vision care)."Synonyms: get-together, bash, blowout, do, gala, get-together, knees-up, partayUKinformal
2. (informal) Clipping of hairdo.Examples: "Nice do!"; "I don't like to spend time on my hairstyle, so I usually just wear a do-rag."; "I like the new do."abbreviationalt-ofclippinginformal
3. (chiefly fossilized) Something that can or should be done.Examples: "Don’t forget the dos and don’ts."; "With the coming of Monday arrived a new life for David—a curious life full of "don'ts" and "dos.""Antonyms: don't
4. (chiefly obsolete, fossilized in the UK) Something that has been done.Examples: ""How come you quit?" "I'm moving to London." "Fair dos.""obsolete
5. (archaic) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.Examples: "A great deal of do, and a great deal of trouble."Synonyms: to-doarchaic
6. (obsolete, UK, slang) A cheat; a swindler.UKobsoleteslang
noun (English)
1. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.Synonyms: ut
adv (English)
1. (archaic) Abbreviation of ditto.Examples: "Softest flowers, .. J. P. Robson, 335 / Stars of Hartlepool, .. do 356"; "Michael Higgins, 51, Back lane / John Mulligan, 53, do"abbreviationalt-ofarchaicnot-comparable
noun (English)
1. (grammar) Initialism of direct object.abbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable
2. (US) a Doctor of Osteopathic MedicineUScountableuncountable
3. (sciences) Initialism of dissolved oxygen.abbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable
4. (dentistry) Initialism of disto-occlusal.abbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary