Dictionary

DT en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (Canadian, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of defensive tackle.
   alt of defensive tackle
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of (police) detective.
   alt of (police) detective
   • She told him, "Get off it," and a bunch of other more shit / Getting money, DTs be getting no new leads 2004, MF DOOM, “One Beer”, in MM..FOOD:
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of design and technology.
   alt of design and technology
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of dethermalizer.
   alt of dethermalizer
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of digital television.
   alt of digital television
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of device tree.
   alt of device tree
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of delirium tremens.
   alt of delirium tremens
   • She knew, because she had held him, that he suffered DT's. Behind the initials was a metaphor, a delirium tremens, a trembling unfurrowing of the mind's ploughshare. 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 95:
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of diphtheria and tetanus (a type of combination vaccine).
   alt of diphtheria and tetanus
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, slang, uncountable) Abbreviation of detention.
   alt of detention
   • There were five people in DT, and we were all seventh graders. ¶ “Hurry up, Mr. Sprague. Look busy.” Mr. Waddell sported his mean look. 1993, Martyn Godfrey, Please Remove Your Elbow from My Ear, New York, NY: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 11:
   • If a child is dangerous, likely to run or if his parents cannot be found, he is placed in detention, often called DT. Detention officers may then release the child from detention as soon as his parents are contacted, or they may keep the child in DT until the next court day, when a detention hearing will be scheduled. 1974 Winter, Constance K. Lundberg, Kathryn L. Schuler, “Salt Lake County Juvenile Court – Focus on the Intake Officer, 1971–74”, in Journal of Contemporary Law, volume 1, number 1, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2024, page 49:
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, slang, uncountable) Abbreviation of drug test.
    alt of drug test
11. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of deep-throating.
    alt of deep-throating

Forms

Coordinates

Td (vaccine)

Hyponyms

DTP (vaccine)

Synonyms

DTV

DT en · PROPN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Daily Telegraph.
   alt of Daily Telegraph