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dough

[ˈdö̞ʷʊ̯ʷ]

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
dough
IPA
[ˈdö̞ʷʊ̯ʷ]
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.

Uncountable

noun

Money.

Slang; Uncountable

noun

Clipping of doughboy (“an infantryman”).

American usage; Countable; Slang

verb

To make into dough.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *dʰóyǵʰos Proto-Germanic *daigaz Proto-West Germanic *daig Old English dāg Middle English dogh English dough From Middle English dow, dogh, dagh, from Old English dāg, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz (“dough”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, mold”). Cognate with Scots daich, dauch, doach (“dough”), North Frisian dii, Jai (“dough”), West Frisian daai (“dough”), Dutch deeg (“dough”), German Teig (“dough”), Low German and Luxembourgish Deeg (“dough”), Vilamovian taag (“dough”), Yiddish טייג (teyg, “dough”), Danish dej (“dough”), Faroese deiggj (“dough”), Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk deig (“dough”), Swedish deg (“dough”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌲𐍃 (daigs, “dough”). The derivation of the second meaning (of money) is obscure, but dates to the mid 19th century.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: dow, dāg, *daigaz, *dʰeyǵʰ-

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /doʊ/
  • British English: /dəʊ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

doughs (plural) dow (alternative) doff (alternative) duff (alternative) doughs (present, singular) doughing (participle, present) doughed (participle, past) doughed (past)

Derived Forms

donut doughball doughbird doughboy doughface doughless doughlike doughmaking Doughman doughnut doughy playdough

Phrases

bread dough cookie dough dough-baked dough-faced dough gob dough goddy dough mixer dough scraper

Synonyms

boodle bread cabbage clams dinero gelt kale lettuce lolly lucre loot moolah

Homonyms

doh d'oh doe (in music) do

Rhymes With

so no so-so know go show though oh ago low although co

Questions

How do you pronounce dough?
The recorded pronunciation is [ˈdö̞ʷʊ̯ʷ].
What does dough mean?
A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
Where does dough come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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