Scooby-Doo
/ˌskuːbiˈduː/
Scooby-Doo proper noun: an American cartoon franchise, named for one of the main characters, a large dog, and featuring as protagonists four "meddling" teenagers who unravel seemingly supernatural mysteries.
Proper noun
Scooby-Doo (plural Scooby-Doos)
- An American cartoon franchise, named for one of the main characters, a large dog, and featuring as protagonists four "meddling" teenagers who unravel seemingly supernatural mysteries.
- I knew I had to be very careful when I was crafting the story, so that it wouldn't be a Scooby Doo moment—you know, the one where the villain rips off his mask and tells you why he did it—and that he would have gotten away with it, if not for those pesky kids!2007, Jodi Picoult, "Reader's Companion" (Washington Square Press) to the author's Plain Truth (Simon and Schuster, 2000) p.414
- A mile out of town, off the Combe Martin road, discover a real Scooby Doo experience at Chambercombe Manor. It's shrouded in ghost stories and has starred in TV shows about the paranormal.2008, Simon Heptinstall, Devon (Crimson Publishing) page 137
- The cartoon dog from that cartoon, noted for his trouble-causing lack of sense and almost understandable vocalization.
- And trying to sell him on carrots when he's yearning for Scooby-Doos poses a challenge similar to selling George W. Bush on tax increases.2007, Judith Viorst, Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days, Simon and Schuster, page 28
- It was like she was talking to me. Not barking, not growling. More of a Scooby Doo sort of thing.2008, Gabriella Herkert, Doggone: An Animal Instinct Mystery, Penguin, page 17
Noun
Scooby-Doo (plural Scooby-Doos)
- A Subaru automobile.
- For the journey home, you'd take the Scooby-Doo. Now, though, everything has changed. The new Subaru is about as much fun as a church service. And it doesn't look good in photographs because, like me, it doesn't look good at all.2012, Jeremy Clarkson, Round the Bend
- A clue.
- It was past ten o'clock at night and I hadn’t a Scooby-Doo where I was. After a tough twelve-hour day in the saddle, cycling more than 130 miles through rain, wind and sleet, I was tired, soaked through and miserable.2016, Chris Graham, Five Minutes of Amazing: My Journey Through Dementia, London: Sphere, →ISBN, page 1
- A shoe.
- A screw (a prison warder)
- There are some 32 different terms for prison officers, from the humorously affectionate kanga (rhyming slang:kangaroo = screw) and the variants Scooby-Doo and Dr. Who via the mildly confrontational German (as if still the enemy over 50 years after World War II!) to the outright abuse of shit-parcel.1996, Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, Waterside Press, →ISBN
Scooby-Doo meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
Scooby-Doo in Hindi
- the fictional dog
- स्कूबी डू skūbī ḍū
Scooby-Doo in Marathi
- the fictional dog
- स्कूबी-डू skūbī-ḍū
Scooby-Doo in Urdu
- the fictional dog
- سکوبی ڈو skūbī ḍū
Scooby-Doo in Bengali
- the fictional dog
- স্কূবী ডূ skubi ḍu
More languagesFewer languages
- Scooby-Doo in Telugu
- స్కూబీ దూ skūbī dū
- Scooby-Doo in Kannada
- ಸ್ಕೂಬೀ ಡೂ skūbī ḍū
- Scooby-Doo in Gujarati
- સ્કૂબી ડૂ skūbī ḍū
- Scooby-Doo in Sinhala
- ස්කූබී ඩූ skūbī ḍū
- Scooby-Doo in Arabic
- سكوبي دو
Examples of Scooby-Doo in a sentence
- It was a Scooby-Doo moment: everybody looks down, everybody looks up.2010, J. Wachowski, In Plain View, Carina Press, page 314:
- "I love the Scooby-Doo of it all." And it was fun, combing through old books and papers for recognizable names.2010, Buzzy Jackson, Shaking the Family Tree: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist, Simon and...
- Zack chose to work with “Ronald Reagan,” which is very Zack; at one point I think he almost convinced Ronald to speak in a Scooby-Doo accent.2009, Douglas Coupland, Generation A, Simon and Schuster, page 76:
Forms of Scooby-Doo
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Scooby-Doos |
| alternative form | Scooby Doo |
| Noun | |
| plural | Scooby-Doos |
Origin of Scooby-Doo
Uncertain. Scooby doo appears as a vocable scatted in "The Boppenpoof Song" written in 1954, as the name of a band (The Scooby-Doo All-Stars) in 1956 and the title of a song by the Jerry Lieber Beat Band published by Zephyr Records in 1959 (both of which were signed to Zephyr Records), and lyrics in the song "Denise" by Randy & the Rainbows in 1963. It is likely that such uses were an influence on the creators of the cartoon but they may also have been partially influenced by Frank Sinatra's "doo-be-doo-be-doo" improvisation in "Strangers in the Night" released in 1966 a few years prior to the first episode of Scooby-Doo being shown (in 1969).
Words formed from Scooby-Doo
Questions about Scooby-Doo
- What does Scooby-Doo mean?
- Scooby-Doo means an American cartoon franchise, named for one of the main characters, a large dog, and featuring as protagonists four "meddling" teenagers who unravel seemingly supernatural mysteries.
- What is Scooby-Doo in Hindi?
- Scooby-Doo in Hindi is स्कूबी डू (skūbī ḍū). See Scooby-Doo meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use Scooby-Doo in a sentence?
- It was a Scooby-Doo moment: everybody looks down, everybody looks up.
- What part of speech is Scooby-Doo?
- Scooby-Doo can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Scooby-Doo?
- Scooby-Doo is pronounced /ˌskuːbiˈduː/.
Words near Scooby-Doo in the dictionary
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