English to English Dictionary

Do-a-Number-On

To harm or damage someone or something significantly.

Do-a-runner

To leave a place quickly in order to avoid paying for something, such as a restaurant bill or hotel room.

Do-without

To manage, survive, or proceed successfully without having a particular thing or person.

Dobbing

The act of applying a substance, typically in a thick or messy manner.

Doc

A doctor or physician.

Docile

Ready to accept control or instruction; submissive, compliant, and easily managed.

Docility

The quality of being easily taught or managed; submissiveness.

Dock

A structure extending alongshore or out from the shore into a body of water, used for the berthing of vessels.

Dockworker

A person employed to load and unload cargo at a dock.

Doctor

A qualified practitioner of medicine; a physician.

Doctoring

To change, tamper with, or falsify something such as a document, photograph, or record in order to deceive someone.

Doctrinal theology

The systematic study, formulation, and interpretation of the formal teachings, creeds, and doctrines of a religious faith.