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Definition: DOO |
DOONoun1. A dove. |
Date "DOO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Census | (Department Organization Order) An organization order series issued by the Department of Commerce which provides the organizational structure and functional statements for all agencies within the Department of Commerce. DOO 35-2B pertains to the Bureau of the Census. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DOO | English | Driver-only operated | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: DOO |
| English words defined with "DOO": rock dove. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "DOO" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Manx (black, black headed, black-haired, bold, dark, dirty, ink, inky, negroid, sable). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I thought we were watching Scooby Doo! (Mr. Deeds; writing credit: Clarence Budington Kell; Robert Riskin) No, Scooby Doo. (Scooby-Doo; writing credit: William Hanna; Joseph Barbera) Damn, damn, hell, damn, tee tee, doo doo (Rustlers' Rhapsody; writing credit: Hugh Wilson) Woop dee doo, Ed. (Ed, Edd n' Eddy; writing credit: Jan Dirchsen; Mikkel Dyrting) I'm not listening anymore, doo dah, doo dah (Everybody Loves Raymond; writing credit: Joe Bolster) | |
Lyrics | Y'all in deep doo doo (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx) Doowop dooby doo doowop doowah doolang (Telephone Line; performing artist: ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA) Dit dit dit dit doo (Too Late For Goodbyes; performing artist: Julian Lennon) A Skiddleebebop, we rock, scooby doo, ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang) When you used to be 9 years old shoo be doo wa ("Shout"; performing artist: The Isley Brothers) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Muggy Doo Or Die (1965) Stanley Among the Woo Doo Worshippers (1915) Scooby Doo (1982) | |
Song Titles | Inka Dinka Doo (performing artist: Jimmy Durante) Doo Wop (That Thing) (performing artist: Lauryn Hill) DA DOO RON RON (performing artist: SHAUN CASSIDY) Da Doo Rendezvous (performing artist: Valerie Carter) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Cuvier / Painted by W.H. Pickersgill, 1831. Engraved by George T. Doo, 1840. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | What every husband knows. Hoop-de doo! Janie! Yoo-hoo! I got my raise! -- I got ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | The deaf toll] Funny, I coulda swore I heard somebody at the doo. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Negro superstition, the doo di doo bush, -- or which is the thief / R. Bridgens del. et lith. ; Day & Haghe Lith to the King. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | South Korea | Chun Doo Hwan and close military colleagues staged a coup, removing the army chief of staff and soon effectively controlling the government. (references) |
Human Rights | Korea | The Commission reviewed 83 cases, and in June it determined the 1984 death of Park Young Doo in Chungsong Prison to be a case of extrajudicial killing. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "DOO" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 95.32% of the time. "DOO" is used about 449 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Unclassified Items | 95.32% | 428 | 13,385 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.9% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.56% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (common) | 0.22% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 449 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "DOO": rock doo. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "DOO": doo-da, doo-dah, doo-dahed, doo-dahs, doo-doo, doo-doo-doodooo, doo-lally, doo-rag, doo-wop. | |
Ending with "DOO": doo-doo. | |
Containing "DOO": Dippety-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-doo-dah. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
scooby doo | 7,972 | scooby doo hentai | 124 |
sea doo | 4,772 | sea doo jet boat | 116 |
scooby doo picture | 705 | bombardier sea doo | 115 |
sea doo part | 654 | scooby doo the night of 100 frights | 111 |
ski doo | 562 | sea doo xp | 108 |
doo wop | 501 | sea doo speedster | 99 |
scooby doo game | 484 | doo wop music | 88 |
scooby doo movie | 329 | scooby doo xxx | 86 |
scooby doo porn | 301 | sea doo accessory | 86 |
sea doo boat | 278 | scooby doo sex | 86 |
scooby doo coloring page | 225 | scooby doo screensaver | 85 |
2 doo scooby | 187 | sea doo cover | 83 |
sea doo dealer | 175 | doo | 83 |
scooby doo wallpaper | 173 | 100 doo frights night scooby through walk | 82 |
scooby doo com | 164 | sea doo for sale | 79 |
doo rag | 149 | sea doo rental | 77 |
scooby doo pic | 148 | whats new scooby doo | 73 |
scooby doo cartoon | 140 | scooby doo online game | 73 |
sea doo jet ski | 128 | scoobie doo | 71 |
sea doo watercraft | 126 | sea doo engine | 71 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "DOO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 全斗煥 (Chun Doo Hwan). (various references) | |
Hungarian | széklet (defecation, doo-doo, stool), kaka (doo-doo), ürülék (defecation, dejecta, dirt, doo-doo, excrement, faeces, feces, turd, waste product). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ドイツ連邦共'国 (a do-it-yourself store, cancel at the last minute, Debussy, dock, docking, doctor, doctor course, doctrine, document, documental, documentary, documentary drama, documentation, dodecaphony, dodge ball, doeskin, dog racing, dogfight, doggie bag, dogma, dogmatic, dogmatism, dogmatist, doily, do-it-yourself, dominant, domino, donor, doom, doo-wop, dot, dot map, dot matrix, dot printer, dwell, dwelling, Federal Republic of Germany, referee's stop, thud, to be noisy, to make noise, yakuza sword). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ドゥーワップ (doo-wop). (various references) | |
Manx | Yn Awin Doo (The Doo). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ooday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | macho (buck, cock-a-doodle-doo, flute, he, macho, malaria, male, masculine, mate, mule, tenon, virile). (various references) | |
Thai | อึ (ใช้กับเ"็กๆ) (caca, doo-doo, kaka), ขี้หมา (dog-dew, dog-do, dog-doo). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 6, Verse 31 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai kaqwV qelete ina poiwsin umin oi anqrwpoi kai umeiV poieite autoiV omoiwV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et prout vultis ut faciant vobis homines et vos facite illis similiter |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And swa ge wyllað þæt eow men don doþ him gelice; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And as ye wolen that men do to you, do ye also to hem in lijk maner. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And as ye wolde that men shuld doo to you: so do ye to them lyke wyse. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Do to others as you would have them do to you. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 6, Verse 31 |
| Cebuano | Ug buhati ang mga tawo sa buot ninyo nga ilang pagabuhaton kaninyo. |
| Croatian | "I kako želite da ljudi vama èine, tako èinite i vi njima." |
| Danish | Og som I ville, at Menneskene skulle gøre imod eder, ligeså skulle også I gøre imod dem! |
| Dutch | En gelijk gij wilt, dat u de mensen doen zullen, doet gij hun ook desgelijks. |
| Finnish | Ja niinkuin te tahdotte ihmisten teille tekevän, niin tehkää tekin heille. |
| French | Ce que vous voulez que les hommes fassent pour vous, faites-le de même pour eux. |
| German | Und wie ihr wollt, daß euch die Leute tun sollen, also tut ihnen gleich auch ihr. |
| Hungarian | És a mint akarjátok, hogy az emberek veletek cselekedjenek, ti is akképen cselekedjetek azokkal. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Perlakukanlah orang lain seperti kalian ingin diperlakukan oleh mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sama seperti kamu suka orang akan berbuat padamu sedemikian itu juga hendaklah kamu berbuat kepadanya. |
| Manx Gaelic | As myr bailliuish deiney dy yannoo riuish, jean-jee shiuish myrgeddin roosyn. |
| Maori | A, ko ta koutou e pai ai kia meatia e nga tangata ki a koutou, meatia ano e koutou ki a ratou. |
| Norwegian | Og som I vil at menneskene skal gjøre imot eder, så skal og I gjøre imot dem. |
| Rumanian | Ce voiyi sq vq facq vouq oamenii, faceyi-le wi voi la fel. |
| Shuar | Chíkich winia Túrutati tusam wakeramna Nútiksamek chikichcha Túrata.' |
| Spanish | "Y como queréis que hagan los hombres con vosotros, así también haced vosotros con ellos. |
| Swahili | Watendeeni wengine kama mnavyotaka wawatendee ninyi. |
| Swedish | Såsom I viljen att människorna skola göra mot eder, så skolen I ock göra mot dem. |
| Uma | Napa po'ingku to tapokono rababehi doo hi kita', toe wo'o to kana tababehi hi doo. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DOO": doodad, doodads, doodle, doodlebug, doodlebugs, doodled, doodler, doodlers, doodles, doodling, doofus, doofuses, doohickey, doohickeys, doohickies, doolee, doolees, doolie, doolies, dooly, doom, doomed, doomful, doomfully, doomily, dooming, dooms, doomsayer, doomsayers, doomsaying, doomsayings, doomsday, doomsdayer, doomsdayers, doomsdays, doomster, doomsters, doomy, door, doorbell, doorbells, doorjamb, doorjambs, doorkeeper, doorkeepers, doorknob, doorknobs, doorless, doorman, doormat, doormats. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "DOO": didgeridoo, didjeridoo, hoodoo, koodoo, skiddoo, skidoo, voodoo. (additional references) | |
Words containing "DOO": backdoor, bradoon, bradoons, bridoon, bridoons, cardoon, cardoons, didgeridoos, didjeridoos, flapdoodle, flapdoodles, foredoom, foredoomed, foredooming, foredooms, hoodooed, hoodooing, hoodooism, hoodooisms, hoodoos, indoor, indoors, koodoos, lardoon, lardoons, nextdoor, outdoor, outdoors, outdoorsman, outdoorsmanship, outdoorsmanships, outdoorsmen, outdoorsy, pandoor, pandoors, rigadoon, rigadoons, shadoof, shadoofs, skiddooed, skiddooing, skiddoos, skidooed, skidooing, skidoos, tandoor, tandoori, tandooris, tandoors, timberdoodle, timberdoodles. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-o-o" | |
-1 letter: do, od. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-o-o" | |
+1 letter: dodo, dojo, doom, door, food, good, hood, mood, odor, ordo, pood, rood, wood. | |
+2 letters: adobo, blood, booed, brood, codon, condo, cooed, dobro, dodos, doggo, dojos, dolor, donor, dooly, dooms, doomy, doors, doozy, drool, droop, duomo, flood, foods, fordo, goods, goody, hoods, hoody, looed, mondo, moods, moody, mooed, odeon, odors, odour, oohed, ootid, oozed, ordos, outdo, ovoid, poods, rodeo, rondo, roods, snood, sodom, soldo, stood, tondo, woods, woody, wooed, zooid. | |
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