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D. L.

D. L. is the alternative form of DL.

Meaning of DL

Verb

DL (third-person singular simple present DLs, present participle DLing, simple past and past participle DLed or DL'd)

  1. (informal, transitive) To place on the disabled list.
    • After 7 years of being in a rot league, I have learned that "day to day" in baseballese means "at least a week, maybe more, and maybe after the week, then we may DL him."1996 June 3, Joe in MA [username], “Re: Jim Edmonds' return date?”, in rec.sport.baseball.fantasy (Usenet)

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Forms of D. L.

pluralD. L.s

Questions about D. L.

What is D. L. the alternative form of?
D. L. is the alternative form of DL.

Words near D. L. in the dictionary

  1. D. Guam
  2. D. Haw.
  3. D. Idaho
  4. d. in p. aeq.
  5. D. Kan.
  6. D. L.
  7. D. L.s
  8. D. Mass.
  9. D. Md.
  10. D. Me.
  11. D. Minn.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: D. L. (page history and authors); DL (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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