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d'oh

or doh

[ doh ]

interjection

  1. (used to express dismay when one has said or done something stupid or when something has gone wrong.)


doh

1

/ dəʊ /

noun

  1. music (in tonic sol-fa) the first degree of any major scale
  2. up to high doh informal.
    extremely excited or keyed up


doh

2

/ dəʊ /

interjection

  1. informal.
    an exclamation of annoyance when something goes wrong

DoH

3

abbreviation for

  1. Department of Health

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Word History and Origins

Origin of d'oh1

First recorded in 1950–55; later popularized by Homer Simpson, character in the animated TV series The Simpsons, who smacks his forehead while saying d'oh!

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Word History and Origins

Origin of d'oh1

C18: from Italian; see gamut

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Example Sentences

But these must be proven under a signed and sworn statement and judged reasonable by the DOH.

The list included items like “have a bad hair day,” “eat a cupcake,” and “play with Play-Doh.”

So U Babam Doh stayed with the cubs to await the return of the tigress.

"Ah bleeged to go home," say Lijah, an' he out's thu dat doh quicker'n nothin' wid de cat aftah him.

Give the hand sign for this note, according to the Sol-fa plan, and tell the children that the note is called doh.

Then make eight large dots on the blackboard, and against the first and eighth of these write doh and doh'.

Thus it will be called 'high doh', and the hand sign will be repeated, but at a higher level.

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