dut — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A snug woolly hat.

   Usage

   • Geordie

   Examples

   There was a kid at our school called Dean Smith who used to wear a 'Benny Dut' to demonstrate how unfathomably stupid he is.

   More examples (2)

   The result is that I’m entering Ward Jackson Park, near Hartlepool Cricket Club, dressed in people shorts, comfy top – and traditional blue-and-white Pooly dut (for culture starved southerners, a woolly cap).

   Grab your dut – we’re off for a trip down memory lane for a hot pork pie from Seaton Baths![…] These singing angels, pictured at a previous Hartlepool Christmas lights switch-on, are all kitted out in their duts (woolly hats) for winter.

Interjection

1. Said typically in marching bands and drum corps to keep track of beat when one is not playing.