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English
Etymology 1
Noun
DDT (usually uncountable, plural DDTs)
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, compound originally developed as an insecticide.
2007 January 21, The Associated Press, “Adirondacks Are His Life, All 101 Years and Counting”, in The New York Times:After working briefly for a federal entomologist to control the spruce budworm — and spraying DDT from the air — he returned to the Adirondacks in 1946 to be district ranger at Cranberry Lake for 11 years.
2007, Wallace Peters, Geoffrey Pasvol, Atlas of tropical medicine and parasitology, page 22:The use of DDT for disinfectation of louse-infested communities is a primary control measure in epidemic situations.
Etymology 2
Various theories; see DDT (professional wrestling).
Noun
DDT (plural DDTs)
- (professional wrestling) a move where a wrestler puts another wrestler into a standing front face lock and then falls backwards, driving the recipient's head into the floor.
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Pronunciation
Noun
DDT m (uncountable)
- abbreviation of dichlorodiphényltrichloroéthane
Spanish
Noun
DDT m (uncountable)
- DDT (chemical compound)
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