# dozens

Pronunciation: say "DUZ-uhnz" /ˈdʌzənz/

## Noun

1. Plural of dozen. — plural of dozen
   - Simple: Plural of dozen. Use this when you mean more than one group of twelve, or simply a lot of something.
   - _Dozens of volunteers showed up to clean the park._
   - _The factory ships dozens of crates every week._
2. A verbal game in which two or more players exchange increasingly witty insults, each trying to outdo the last.
   - Simple: A spoken game where two or more people trade clever insults to see who is funnier.
   - _Two teenagers squared off in a heated round of the dozens outside the barbershop._
   - _She held her own in the dozens, firing back an insult sharper than the one thrown at her._

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