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polkadot

polkadot is the alternative form of polka dot.

Meaning of polka dot

Noun

polka dot (plural polka dots)

  1. Any of a number of uniform round dots, repeated to make a regular geometric pattern on a fabric.
    • …these have entirely disappeared, and we see them with the old time white polka dot, always pretty clean and neat looking.1871, Godey’s magazine, volumes 86-87, page 389

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Forms of polkadot

Noun
pluralpolkadots
Verb
third-person singular presentpolkadots
present participlepolkadotting
past participlepolkadotted
pastpolkadotted

Questions about polkadot

What is polkadot the alternative form of?
Polkadot is the alternative form of polka dot.

Words near polkadot in the dictionary

  1. polka-dotting
  2. polka-like
  3. polka-mazurka
  4. polka-mazurkas
  5. polkabilly
  6. polkadot
  7. polkadots
  8. polkadotted
  9. polkadotting
  10. polkaed
  11. polkaing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polkadot (page history and authors); polka dot (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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