DO

  1. (initialism) .  (grammar) a direct object.
  2. (initialism) .  (US) a Doctor of Osteopathy.
  3. Noun.  (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
  4. Noun.  (informal) A hairdo.
  5. Noun.  (colloquial, obsolete) A period of confusion or argument. (rfex) .
  6. Noun.  Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase ''dos and don'ts'').
  7. Verb.  (auxiliary) (non-gloss definition, A syntactic marker in questions.) .
  8. Verb.  (auxiliary) (non-gloss definition, A syntactic marker in negations.) .
  9. Verb.  (auxiliary) (non-gloss definition, A syntactic marker for emphasis.) .
  10. Verb.  (auxiliary) (non-gloss definition, A syntactic marker to avoid repetition of an earlier verb.) .
  11. Verb.  (transitive) To perform; to execute.
  12. Verb.  (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
  13. Verb.  (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
  14. Verb.  (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
  15. Verb.  (transitive) To have (as an effect).
  16. Verb.  (transitive) To fare; to succeed or fail.
  17. Verb.  (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
  18. Verb.  To cook.
  19. Verb.  (transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
  20. Verb.  To treat in a certain way.
  21. Verb.  (transitive) To spend (time) in jail.
  22. Verb.  (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
  23. Verb.  (transitive, slang) To kill.
  24. Verb.  (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (''See also'' '''do it''').
  25. Verb.  (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
  26. Verb.  (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
  27. Verb.  (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
  28. Verb.  (UK, dated) To work as a domestic servant (with ''for'').
  29. Noun.  (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
  30. (abbreviation) .  (rare) ditto.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.