dee

Etymology 1

Variant of do.

verb

  1. (Northumbria) To do.
    What are ye deein man!

Etymology 2

noun

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter D.
    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
    IED [is spoken] as "eye-ee-dee" instead of "I SPELL India Echo Delta Romeo". 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
  2. Something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.
    the pommel is furnished with dees.
  3. (colloquial) Police detective.
    the dees are about.

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