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do the deed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables
do the deed
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have sex.

Slang

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to do a given deed.

Etymology

Earliest attested usage is from Middle English: 1340, Ayenbite of Inwyt "Ȝete þai ben al clene; Haue þai no dede y-done" ("Yet they are all clean; They have not had intercourse"); and in 1443, Reginald Pecock, The Rule of Christian Religion: "By force hath he..don that dede, That he hath reft hire of hire maydenhede." (By force he has done that deed, That he has deprived her of her virginity.)

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

does the deed (present, singular) doing the deed (participle, present) did the deed (past) done the deed (participle, past)

Derived Forms

deedworthy

Synonyms

copulate

Questions

What does do the deed mean?
To have sex.
Where does do the deed come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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