English

Noun

doo ‎(plural doos)

1. (childish) Feces.

Synonyms

• BM
• doo-doo
• doody
• poo
• poo-poo
• poop

Interjection

doo

1. (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.

Related terms

• doo-wop

Gooniyandi

Noun

doo

1. cave

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish dub, from Proto-Celtic *dubus ‎(“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ‎(“black”).

Adjective

doo

1. black
2. inky

Synonyms

• dooagh ‎(“inky”)

Derived terms

• Yn Vooir Ghoo ‎(“the Black Sea”)

Noun

doo m ‎(genitive singular doo, plural dooghyn)

1. ink

Derived terms

Verb

doo

1. to ink

Mutation

Navajo

Pronunciation

Particle

doo

1. Part of the negative correlative:

   doo ... da:

   doo yáʼátʼééh da‎ ― it is not good

2. 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

3. 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

Pronunciation

Verb

doo

1. it will be (abbreviated form of dooleeł)
2. 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

• dóó
• -dóó

Portuguese

Verb

doo

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of doer
2. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of doar

Rohingya

Noun

doo

1. knife

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)

1. dove (bird of the pigeon family, Columbidae)

Derived terms

• King of the Doos