dee
Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈdiː/
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/dɪ/
Pronunciation notes
- interrogative
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/dɪv/
Pronunciation notes
- before-vowel
- interrogative
Verb
To do.
Usage- Northumbria
- Examples
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What are ye deein man!
My au'd father did it. But it's sae mony years syne, it must be wore out by now, and I shall have to dee it again.
Noun
The name of the Latin script letter D/d.
- Examples
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I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
IED [is spoken] as "eye-ee-dee" instead of "I SPELL India Echo Delta Romeo".
Something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.
- Examples
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the pommel is furnished with dees.
A police detective.
Usage- Slang
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The dees are about.
The second day he was beaten up by the cops / For telling a dee his house was not in order […].
Word forms
dizdeeindyundyundedees