Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dut

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: dut
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of device under test.

noun

A snug woolly hat.

intj

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

Example Sentences

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

Inflected Forms

duts (plural)

Questions

What does dut mean?: Initialism of device under test.

How to pronounce dut

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