/dəʊ/, /doʊ/, [ˈdö̞ʷʊ̯ʷ]
OriginFrom 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.
- uncountable, usuallyA 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.”
- slang, uncountable, usuallyMoney.
“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.”
- US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countableClipping of doughboy (“an infantryman”).
- transitiveTo make into dough.
“The flour was doughed with a suitable quantity of water.”
Formsdoughs(plural) · dow(alternative) · doff(alternative) · duff(alternative) · doughs(present, singular, third-person) · doughing(participle, present) · doughed(participle, past) · doughed(past)