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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Clipping of doctor.
Noun
doc (plural docs)
- (informal) A doctor.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of document.
Noun
doc (plural docs)
- (informal, usually in the plural) A document, especially (in professional jargon) a piece of technical documentation or legal evidence.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Clipping of documentary.
Noun
doc (plural docs)
- (informal) A documentary.
- Synonyms: docu, (South Africa) doccie, (Australia) doco
2003, The Independent Film & Video Monthly, page 38:If you think watching a doc about a spelling bee isn't the most entertaining way to spend ninety minutes, think again.
2010, Rachel Johnson, A Diary of The Lady: My First Year As Editor:On the subject of fat men, I was watching a doc about a mountain of flab called Paul last night and Ludo said that he was very proud that the fattest man in the world was English.
2024 September 4, Mehera Bonner, Samantha Olson, “Behold, A Breakdown of Billie Eilish's Massive Net Worth”, in Cosmopolitan:According to Forbes, Billie [Eilish] earned $53 million in 2020. Half of that was thanks to the Apple doc, and the other half was thanks to music sales. Cool-cool-cool, same!
Etymology 4
Clipping of doctorate.
Noun
doc (plural docs)
- Clipping of doctorate.
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Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔk/
- Rhymes: -ɔk
- Hyphenation: dòc
Noun
doc
- Alternative letter-case form of DOC (“controlled designation of origin”)
Adjective
doc (invariable)
- (viticulture) certified as DOC (of a product, usually wine)
- un vino doc ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (by extension, colloquial) genuine, excellent
- una canzone doc ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Iu Mien
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *duH. Cognate with White Hmong deg.
Noun
doc
- turtle
Middle English
Noun
doc
- Alternative form of duk (“duke”)
Old English
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth, rag”), with a change in meaning from "cloth, rag" to "something worthless". Compare similar semantic development in the verb dēċan (“to daub", also "to smear”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dōc ? or m
- bastard
- mongrel, hybrid
Usage notes
- The precise gender is unknown. Possibly masculine if descended from Proto-West Germanic *dōk.
Derived terms
Rohingya
- (Arabic) دࣤشۡ
- (Bengali) দশ
- (Myanmar)
- (Hanifi) 𐴊𐴡𐴐𐴢 (doc)
Etymology
From Sanskrit दश (daśa, “ten”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
doc
- ten
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English dock.
Noun
doc n (plural docuri)
- dock
Declension