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dee en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdiː/
  • /dɪ/ (interrogative)
  • /dɪv/ (before-vowel, interrogative)

Etymology

Variant of do.

Meanings

  1. (Northumbria) To do.
    • What are ye deein man!
    • My au'd father did it. But it's sae mony years syne, it must be wore out by now, and I shall have to dee it again. 1891, John Atkinson, anonymous quotee, Forty Years in a Moorland Parish, page 62:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
de alternative lexicographic
dyun Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dyun Tense=Past lexicographic
diz Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
deein Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “dee” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

dee en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdiː/
  • /dɪ/ (interrogative)
  • /dɪv/ (before-vowel, interrogative)

Etymology

Meanings

  1. The name of the Latin script letter D/d.
    • IED [is spoken] as "eye-ee-dee" instead of "I SPELL India Echo Delta Romeo". 2016, CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), pages 3–5:
    • I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time. 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:
  2. Something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.
    • the pommel is furnished with dees.
  3. (slang) A police detective.
    • The second day he was beaten up by the cops / For telling a dee his house was not in order […]. 1966, James K. Baxter, The Maori Jesus:
    • The dees are about.
  4. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of D (“dick, penis”)
    alt of D
    • The wealthy or ultra wealthy can smell desperation easily and know when you are sucking dee 2026 April 9, @Cypherpunkgod1, X:
    • we stared at each other til we passed + I turned + looked back but he didn't. What am I supposed to do to get these boys? Grab their dee's right then + there? It's so frustrating. 1973 September 12, Lou Sullivan, Diary:
    • My girlfriend came the other night but my Dee has refused to stand since then but when we were talking I was on heat so bad before her arrival. Can that be a medical problem? 2026 June 21, @1d3co, X:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dees Number=Plur lexicographic
de alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

ecks dee · deejay

Relateds

whoop dee doo · whoop-dee-do · Tweedle-dee · zip-a-dee-doo-dah · whoop-dee-doo

Translations (35)

mr डी (name of the letter D, d) · fa دی (name of the letter D, d) · eo do (name of the letter D, d) · hi डी (name of the letter D, d) · es de (name of the letter D, d) · ko(name of the letter D, d) · ms di (name of the letter D, d) · ru ди (name of the letter D, d) · ar دِي (name of the letter D, d) · ga(name of the letter D, d) · ru дэ (name of the letter D, d) · cy di (name of the letter D, d) · pt(name of the letter D, d) · fi dee (name of the letter D, d) · ja ディー (name of the letter D, d) · fa د (name of the letter D, d) · is(name of the letter D, d) · vi dờ (name of the letter D, d) · ast de (name of the letter D, d) · bg де (name of the letter D, d) · gl de (name of the letter D, d) · io de (name of the letter D, d) · bn ডি (name of the letter D, d) · el ντι (name of the letter D, d) · my ဒီ (name of the letter D, d) · fr(name of the letter D, d) · tr de (name of the letter D, d) · yue dog (dok¹) (name of the letter D, d) · th ดี (name of the letter D, d) · ca de (name of the letter D, d) · la(name of the letter D, d) · vi(name of the letter D, d) · ga dair (name of the letter D, d) · haw(name of the letter D, d) · oc de (name of the letter D, d)