DO
- (initialism) . (grammar) a direct object.
- (initialism) . (US) a Doctor of Osteopathy.
- Noun. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
- Noun. (informal) A hairdo.
- Noun. (colloquial, obsolete) A period of confusion or argument. (rfex) .
- Noun. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase ''dos and don'ts'').
- Verb. (auxiliary) (non-gloss definition, A syntactic marker in questions.) .
- Verb. (auxiliary) (non-gloss definition, A syntactic marker in negations.) .
- Verb. (auxiliary) (non-gloss definition, A syntactic marker for emphasis.) .
- Verb. (auxiliary) (non-gloss definition, A syntactic marker to avoid repetition of an earlier verb.) .
- Verb. (transitive) To perform; to execute.
- Verb. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
- Verb. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
- Verb. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
- Verb. (transitive) To have (as an effect).
- Verb. (transitive) To fare; to succeed or fail.
- Verb. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
- Verb. To cook.
- Verb. (transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- Verb. To treat in a certain way.
- Verb. (transitive) To spend (time) in jail.
- Verb. (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
- Verb. (transitive, slang) To kill.
- Verb. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (''See also'' '''do it''').
- Verb. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
- Verb. (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- Verb. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
- Verb. (UK, dated) To work as a domestic servant (with ''for'').
- Noun. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
- (abbreviation) . (rare) ditto.
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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.