dough en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (UK) audio
- /ɖo/ (South-Asia)
- /dʊf/ (Northern-England)
- /doʊ/ (General-American)
- [ˈdö̞ʷʊ̯ʷ] (General-American)
- /ɖəf/ (South-Asia)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *dʰóyǵʰos Proto-Germanic *daigaz Proto-West Germanic *daig Old English dāg Middle English dogh English dough From Middle English dow, dogh, dagh, from Old English dāg, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz (“dough”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, mold”). Cognate with Scots daich, dauch, doach (“dough”), North Frisian dii, Jai (“dough”), West Frisian daai (“dough”), Dutch deeg (“dough”), German Teig (“dough”), Low German and Luxembourgish Deeg (“dough”), Vilamovian taag (“dough”), Yiddish טייג (teyg, “dough”), Danish dej (“dough”), Faroese deiggj (“dough”), Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk deig (“dough”), Swedish deg (“dough”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌲𐍃 (daigs, “dough”). The derivation of the second meaning (of money) is obscure, but dates to the mid 19th century.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
Pizza dough is very stretchy.
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(slang, uncountable, usually) Money.
His mortgage payments left him short on dough.
I am astonished, really astonished, that you didn't put away some dough. You must be bananas.
1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 377:"I want to see four dollars before goin' any further on th' thrip. Have ye got th' dough?"
1906, O. Henry, “From the Cabby's Seat”, in The Four Million, page 170:“It is already an incredibly saturated market,” Ms. Jones said of explicit content online. “The idea that people are just going to open up an OnlyFans account and start raking in the dough is really misguided.”
2021 January 13, Gillian Friedman, “Jobless, Selling Nudes Online and Still Struggling”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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(US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, slang, usually) Clipping of doughboy (“an infantryman”).
alt of doughboy
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| duff | alternative | lexicographic | |
| doughs | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| dow | alternative | lexicographic | |
| doff | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
dough-baked · fried dough · doughboy · doughbird · rolling in dough · plum dough · bread dough · Doughman · dough scraper · dough goddy · live dough · predough · doughface · cookie dough · sourdough · doughy · donut · dough mixer · doughless · roll in dough · dough-faced · doughnut · playdough · doughball · doughlike · dough gob · one's cake is dough · hard dough bread · mother dough · salt dough · doughmaking · starter dough
Translations (198)
de Kohle (money (slang)) · zza kert (money (slang)) · ovd dieg (mix of flour and other ingredients) · tl tapay (mix of flour and other ingredients) · lv mīkla (mix of flour and other ingredients) · pl kasa (money (slang)) · oc pasta (mix of flour and other ingredients) · es mosca (money (slang)) · cu тѣсто (mix of flour and other ingredients) · arc לישא (mix of flour and other ingredients) · uz xamir (mix of flour and other ingredients) · km ម្សៅ (mix of flour and other ingredients) · stq Dee (mix of flour and other ingredients) · sw kinyunya (mix of flour and other ingredients) · nci textli (mix of flour and other ingredients) · mfe lapat (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ro mălai (money (slang)) · mn зуурмаг (mix of flour and other ingredients) · sw mahamri (mix of flour and other ingredients) · cs prachy (money (slang)) · apw ikʼan nastʼood (mix of flour and other ingredients) · pt pasta (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ar عَجِينَة (mix of flour and other ingredients) · pt massa (mix of flour and other ingredients) · zza mir (diq) (mix of flour and other ingredients) · nl poen (money (slang)) · es guita (money (slang)) · ale tiistax̂ (mix of flour and other ingredients) · oc massa (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ru ба́бки (money (slang)) · kmr hevîr (mix of flour and other ingredients) · mi pokenga (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ca pasta (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ru бабу́льки (money (slang)) · ja 練り粉 (mix of flour and other ingredients) · mk тесто (mix of flour and other ingredients) · cmn 麵團 /面团 (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ka მაყუთი (money (slang)) · es plata (money (slang)) · ru бабо́сы (money (slang)) · got 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌲𐍃 (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ga taos (mix of flour and other ingredients) · es amasadura (mix of flour and other ingredients) · de Knete (money (slang)) · es tela (money (slang)) · sk cesto (mix of flour and other ingredients) · rom xumer (mix of flour and other ingredients) · syl ꠇꠣꠁ (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ota خامور (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ro cocă (mix of flour and other ingredients) · nb deig (mix of flour and other ingredients) · lt tešla (mix of flour and other ingredients) · el ζυμάρι (mix of flour and other ingredients) · grc σταῖς (mix of flour and other ingredients) · vi bột nhồ (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ur آٹا (mix of flour and other ingredients) · sh тије̑сто (mix of flour and other ingredients) · nl saaf (money (slang)) · tr kâğıt (money (slang)) · pl hajs (money (slang)) · is deig (mix of flour and other ingredients) · cs těsto (mix of flour and other ingredients) · kw past (mix of flour and other ingredients) · qu macka (mix of flour and other ingredients) · bg манги́зи (money (slang)) · la pasta (mix of flour and other ingredients) · bg тесто́ (mix of flour and other ingredients) · fy daai (mix of flour and other ingredients) · tl masa (mix of flour and other ingredients) · kk қамыр (mix of flour and other ingredients) · et taigen (mix of flour and other ingredients) · frr dii (mix of flour and other ingredients) · vi bột (mix of flour and other ingredients) · fr grisbi (money (slang)) · el ζύμη (mix of flour and other ingredients) · cy toes (mix of flour and other ingredients) · es parné (money (slang)) · kl naqittagaq (mix of flour and other ingredients) · rup aluat (mix of flour and other ingredients) · tk hamyr (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ary عْجينة (mix of flour and other ingredients) · fi hillo (money (slang)) · xal һуйр (mix of flour and other ingredients) · uk ті́сто (mix of flour and other ingredients) · es pella (mix of flour and other ingredients) · prs خَمِیر (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ba ҡамыр (mix of flour and other ingredients) · it impasto (mix of flour and other ingredients) · he בָּצֵק (mix of flour and other ingredients) · pdt Dieech (mix of flour and other ingredients) · rsk цесто (mix of flour and other ingredients) · da dej (mix of flour and other ingredients) · orv тѣсто (mix of flour and other ingredients) · rif aršti (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ca pasta (money (slang)) · fr blé (money (slang)) · ca massa (mix of flour and other ingredients) · kum хамур (mix of flour and other ingredients) · nl mula (money (slang)) · my မုန့်ညက် (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ca calés (money (slang)) · eo pasto (mix of flour and other ingredients) · es amasijo (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ru те́сто (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ro aluat (mix of flour and other ingredients) · hy խմոր (mix of flour and other ingredients) · es textal (teshtal) (mix of flour and other ingredients) · fr galette (money (slang)) · es perras (money (slang)) · ar عَجِين (mix of flour and other ingredients) · es masa (mix of flour and other ingredients) · yka addun (mix of flour and other ingredients) · gd taois (mix of flour and other ingredients) · fr flouze (money (slang)) · fr fric (money (slang)) · arc ܠܝܫܐ (mix of flour and other ingredients) · pl ciasto (mix of flour and other ingredients) · es pasta (money (slang)) · el φράγκα (money (slang)) · ms anyu (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ru ба́шли (money (slang)) · sh те̑сто (mix of flour and other ingredients) · fa-ira خَمیر (mix of flour and other ingredients) · sv deg (money (slang)) · de Teig (mix of flour and other ingredients) · bo སྤག (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ckb ھەویر (mix of flour and other ingredients) · eu ore (mix of flour and other ingredients) · fr pognon (money (slang)) · fi taikina (mix of flour and other ingredients) · izh taikina (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ky камыр (mix of flour and other ingredients) · vi bột nhão (mix of flour and other ingredients) · tg хамир (mix of flour and other ingredients) · arz عجين (mix of flour and other ingredients) · el παράδες (money (slang)) · nds Deeg (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ko 떡 (mix of flour and other ingredients) · cv чуста (mix of flour and other ingredients) · fo deiggj (mix of flour and other ingredients) · cu ⱅⱑⱄⱅⱁ (mix of flour and other ingredients) · hi लोई (mix of flour and other ingredients) · id adonan (mix of flour and other ingredients) · nl deeg (mix of flour and other ingredients) · fi tahdas (mix of flour and other ingredients) · pt grana (money (slang)) · rup aloat (mix of flour and other ingredients) · fr thune (money (slang)) · it malloppo (money (slang)) · it pasta (mix of flour and other ingredients) · nci tlaoltextli (mix of flour and other ingredients) · wa påsse (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ms doh (mix of flour and other ingredients) · tt камыр (mix of flour and other ingredients) · pox ťostü (mix of flour and other ingredients) · pnt ζυμάρι (mix of flour and other ingredients) · sv deg (mix of flour and other ingredients) · tr hamur (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ru бабло́ (money (slang)) · ka ცომი (mix of flour and other ingredients) · cmn 錢 /钱 (money (slang)) · gl amoado (mix of flour and other ingredients) · fr pâte (mix of flour and other ingredients) · th โด (mix of flour and other ingredients) · hit 𒅖𒈾𒀸 (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ang dāg (mix of flour and other ingredients) · dsb śěsto (mix of flour and other ingredients) · es pasta (mix of flour and other ingredients) · hu tészta (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ko 반죽 (mix of flour and other ingredients) · es cuartos (money (slang)) · es lana (money (slang)) · az xəmir (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ba аҡса (money (slang)) · cmn 生麵糰 /生面团 (mix of flour and other ingredients) · cmn 米 (money (slang)) · sco daich (mix of flour and other ingredients) · sq brumë (mix of flour and other ingredients) · sva ჴიც (mix of flour and other ingredients) · fr oseille (money (slang)) · hu dohány (money (slang)) · vi bột nhào (mix of flour and other ingredients) · sh tȇsto (mix of flour and other ingredients) · sh tijȇsto (mix of flour and other ingredients) · sl testo (mix of flour and other ingredients) · grc φύραμα (mix of flour and other ingredients) · gl masa (mix of flour and other ingredients) · be це́ста (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ug خېمىر (mix of flour and other ingredients) · io pasto (mix of flour and other ingredients) · mt għaġina (mix of flour and other ingredients) · pdt Däjch (mix of flour and other ingredients) · la farīna (mix of flour and other ingredients) · yi טייג (mix of flour and other ingredients) · ja 生地 (mix of flour and other ingredients) · crh qamır (mix of flour and other ingredients) · pl forsa (money (slang)) · sw mahamri (money (slang))