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doo-doo

/duːdu/

doo-doo noun: excrement.

Noun

doo-doo (uncountable)

  1. (childish, colloquial, euphemistic, often) Excrement.
    • Like a fly to doo-doo / You need me like a bird needs wings1993, “El Jefe Speaks”, performed by Clutch
    • Child: You're a doo-doo head.
    1. (broadly, childish, colloquial, euphemistic, often) A brown color inspired by the color of feces.
  2. (colloquial) Difficulty; trouble.
    • Profit margins are down and we're all in deep doo-doo.

Synonyms of doo-doo

Forms of doo-doo

alternative formdoodoo

Origin of doo-doo

Reduplication of doo.

Words formed from doo-doo

Phrases with doo-doo

Questions about doo-doo

What does doo-doo mean?
Doo-doo means excrement.
What part of speech is doo-doo?
Doo-doo is a noun.
How do you pronounce doo-doo?
Doo-doo is pronounced /duːdu/ (US).

Words near doo-doo in the dictionary

  1. Donzigers
  2. doo
  3. doo wop
  4. doo-dad
  5. doo-dads
  6. doo-doo
  7. doo-doo hole
  8. doo-doo holes
  9. doo-hickey
  10. doo-hickeys
  11. doo-wop

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