Dough
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dəʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dough is a noun meaning (US military slang, countable) Clipping of doughboy (“an infantryman”).
Meaning
(US military slang, countable) Clipping of doughboy (“an infantryman”).
More Meanings
- (transitive) To make into dough.
- A 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.
- (slang) Money.
Example Sentences
Pizza dough is very stretchy.
His mortgage payments left him short on dough.
The flour was doughed with a suitable quantity of water.
"I want to see four dollars before goin' any further on th' thrip. Have ye got th' dough?"
Word Forms
- doughs
- doughing
- doughed
Synonyms for dough
Depending on context, synonyms include loot, lucre, kale, pelf, gelt, moolah.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bread, loot, cabbage, kale, moolah, lucre.
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