dt
dt is the abbreviation of detective.
Meaning of detective
Noun
detective (plural detectives)
- A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
- He worked as a detective with the agency for five years.
- A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
- […] Sherlock Holmes remarked calmly. […] "Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the only one in the world. I'm a consulting detective, if you can understand what that is. Here in London we have lots of Government detectives and lots of private ones. When these fellows are at fault they...1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […])...
- A work of detective fiction.
- Read books that are of interest to you (no matter what kinds of, I, for instance, read detectives, help a lot), try not to use Engl-Russ. Dict. while reading; […]1997 May 15, Mourzenko, “”, in relcom.humor (Usenet)
Noun (1) capitalized: DT
DT (countable and uncountable, plural DTs)
- Initialism of defensive tackle.
- Abbreviation of (police) detective.
- She told him, "Get off it," and a bunch of other more shit / Getting money, DTs be getting no new leads2004, MF DOOM, “One Beer”, in MM..FOOD
- Initialism of design and technology.
- Abbreviation of dethermalizer.
- Initialism of digital television.
- Synonyms:
- DTV
- Initialism of device tree.
- Initialism of delirium tremens.
- She knew, because she had held him, that he suffered DT's. Behind the initials was a metaphor, a delirium tremens, a trembling unfurrowing of the mind's ploughshare.1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 95
- Initialism of diphtheria and tetanus (a type of combination vaccine).
- Abbreviation of detention.
- If a child is dangerous, likely to run or if his parents cannot be found, he is placed in detention, often called DT. Detention officers may then release the child from detention as soon as his parents are contacted, or they may keep the child in DT until the next court day, when a detention...1974 Winter, Constance K. Lundberg, Kathryn L. Schuler, “Salt Lake County Juvenile Court – Focus on the Intake Officer, 1971–74”, in Journal of Contemporary Law, volume 1, number 1, archived from the...
- There were five people in DT, and we were all seventh graders. ¶ “Hurry up, Mr. Sprague. Look busy.” Mr. Waddell sported his mean look.1993, Martyn Godfrey, Please Remove Your Elbow from My Ear, New York, NY: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 11
- Abbreviation of drug test.
- Initialism of deep-throating.
Proper noun capitalized: DT
DT
- Initialism of Daily Telegraph.
Noun (2) capitalized: Dt
Dt
- Alternative form of DT (“detective”).
Synonyms of dt
Forms of dt
| plural | DTs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | DT. |
| alternative form | Dt. |
| alternative form | Dt |
| alternative form | D/T |
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