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dough

SayDOH/doʊ//dəʊ/

Pluraldoughs (some meanings)

Verbdoughs, doughing, doughed

4 meanings of dough

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  1. 1
    baking mixturenoununcountable
    A 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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  2. 2
    moneynounslanguncountable
    Money that someone has, earns, or spends.

    I can't go to the movies. I'm out of dough.

    He made a lot of dough selling old comic books.

    Similarcash, bread, money

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  3. 3
    mix flourverbtransitive
    To 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.

  4. 4
    foot soldiernounslangUScountableabbreviationclipping
    Short 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.