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doits

doits is the plural of doit.

Meaning of doit

Noun

doit (plural doits)

  1. (historical) A small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver.
    • '"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?"1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
  2. (archaic) A small amount; a bit, a jot.
    • […] when they will not giue a doit to relieue a lame Begger, they will lay out ten to ſee a dead Indian: […]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
  3. In jazz music, a note that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically upwards.
    • Jazz symbols include many contoured articulations and inflections, such as doits, fall-offs, and scoops.1995, Music & Computers, volume 1, numbers 2-4, page 57

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Questions about doits

What is doits the plural of?
Doits is the plural of doit.

Words near doits in the dictionary

  1. doiters
  2. doiting
  3. doitkin
  4. doitkins
  5. doitrified
  6. doits
  7. Doitsu
  8. Doitsuism
  9. Doitsuist
  10. Doitsuists
  11. DOJ

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