Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doody

/duːdi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: doo-dy
IPA: /duːdi/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excrement, poop.

American usage; Slang; Uncountable

verb

To defecate, poop.

American usage; Intransitive verb; Slang

noun

A copper coin of India.

name

Example Sentences

"Petra would like to drop despondently onto a rock to pout, but you have to look before you sit, because there are goat doodies everywhere."
"Something smells poopy! It's okay if you just doodied, because we have LOTS of paper towels and extra socks."

Etymology

Respelling of duty (“act of urinating or defecating”), possibly by analogy with doodoo and/or because the sense is so far removed from the usual meaning of "duty."

Usage

Inflected Forms

doodies (plural) doodie (alternative) dooty (alternative) doodies (present, singular) doodying (participle, present) doodied (participle, past) doodied (past) Doodys (plural)

Phrases

doo-doo howdy doody indeedy-doody

Frequently Paired Words

doo-doo dooky howdy doody indeedy-doody

Homonyms

duty (for some speakers)

Rhymes With

judy moody rudy foodie rudi judi trudy moodie broody yehudi trudie rudie

Questions

How do you pronounce doody?: The recorded pronunciation is /duːdi/.
What does doody mean?: Excrement, poop.
Where does doody come from?: Respelling of duty (“act of urinating or defecating”), possibly by analogy with doodoo and/or because the sense is so far removed from the usual meaning of "duty."

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