Doit
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɔɪt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Doit is a noun meaning (music) In jazz music, a note that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically upwards.
Meaning
(music) In jazz music, a note that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically upwards.
More Meanings
- (Scotland, rare) To stumble; to blunder.
- (historical) A small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver.
- (archaic) A small amount; a bit, a jot.
Example Sentences
Jazz symbols include many contoured articulations and inflections, such as doits, fall-offs, and scoops.
[…] when they will not giue a doit to relieue a lame Begger, they will lay out ten to ſee a dead Indian: […]
“Speak out, ye Saxon dogs — what bid ye for your worthless lives? — How say you, you of Rotherwood?” “Not a doit I,” answered poor Wamba.
'"You got a lot of gold off Mr. Beauclerc," says Glascock. '"Not a doit more than I wanted," says he, laughing again. "And who, pray, had a better right—did not I murder him?"
Word Forms
- doits
- doiting
- doited
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shall, must, trifle, doitkin, dodkin, leeuwendaalder.
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