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dooty

dooty is the alternative spelling of doody.

dooty is the eye dialect spelling of duty.

Meaning of doody

Noun (1)

doody (usually uncountable, plural doodies)

  1. (US, childish, slang, usually) Excrement, poop.
    • Petra would like to drop despondently onto a rock to pout, but you have to look before you sit, because there are goat doodies everywhere.2007, Brian Bouldrey, Honorable bandit: a walk across Corsica

Noun (2)

doody (plural doodies)

  1. (historical) A copper coin of India.

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Meaning of duty

Noun

duty (countable and uncountable, plural duties)

  1. That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
    • Do your duty by me! -No, we don't have a duty to keep you abreast.
    Synonyms:
    obligation
  2. (uncountable) The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task.
    • I’m on duty from 6 pm to 6 am.
  3. (countable) An excise tax; especially, one on imports or exports.
    • customs duty
    Synonyms:
    excise duty
  4. (obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
    • Take that which is thy duty, and goo thy waye.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew
  5. (obsolete) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
    • my duty to you1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  6. The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal.

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Forms of dooty

pluraldooties

Questions about dooty

What is dooty the alternative spelling of?
Dooty is the alternative spelling of doody.

Words near dooty in the dictionary

  1. dooting
  2. dootless
  3. doots
  4. dootsie
  5. Dootson
  6. dooty
  7. doovalackies
  8. doovalacky
  9. doover
  10. dooverlackies
  11. dooverlacky

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dooty (page history and authors); doody (page history and authors); duty (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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