dough
SayDOH/doʊ//dəʊ/
Pluraldoughs (some meanings)
Pluraldoughs (some meanings)
Formsdoughs, doughing, doughed
- 1A soft, thick mix of flour with water or other things, which you shape and then bake.
We rolled the cookie dough into little balls.
Knead the dough until it feels smooth.
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- 3To mix flour with water or other things to make a dough.
First, dough the flour with a little warm water.
The baker doughed the flour with milk and eggs.
- 4Short for doughboy, an American foot soldier, especially in World War I. This is old slang.
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Origin
From an Old English word for dough, from an old root meaning "to knead". The meaning "money" is from the mid 1800s.