dough

Forms

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural: doughs

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1): dough
past (v2): doughed
past participle (v3): doughed
present participle: doughing
3rd person singular: doughs

Definitions

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.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.
2.Money.(slang)
- His mortgage payments left him short on dough.
- "I want to see four dollars before goin' any further on th' thrip. Have ye got th' dough?"
- I am astonished, really astonished, that you didn't put away some dough. You must be bananas.
3.Clipping of doughboy (“an infantryman”).(slang)

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1.To make into dough.
- The flour was doughed with a suitable quantity of water.

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4978

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Rare
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Related words

Synonyms

bread

Etymology

From Middle English dow, dogh, dagh, from Old English dāg, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz (“dough”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, mold”).

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

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Synonyms

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.