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• dee
  dee

  noun

  a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear.
• Dee
  Dee

  noun

  John, 1527–1608, English mathematician and astrologer.

dee

¹ American  

[dee] / di /

noun

1. a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear.

   The wire cutters hung from a dee on her saddle.

2. Physics. a hollow electrode for accelerating particles in a cyclotron.

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Dee ² American  

[dee] / di /

noun

1. John, 1527–1608, English mathematician and astrologer.

2. a river in NE Scotland, flowing E into the North Sea at Aberdeen. 90 miles (145 km) long.

3. a river in N Wales and W England, flowing E and N into the Irish Sea. About 70 miles (110 km) long.

4. a male or female given name.

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Dee ¹ British  

/ diː /

noun

1. a river in N Wales and NW England, rising in S Gwynedd and flowing east and north to the Irish Sea. Length: about 112 km (70 miles)

2. a river in NE Scotland, rising in the Cairngorms and flowing east to the North Sea. Length: about 140 km (87 miles)

3. a river in S Scotland, flowing south to the Solway Firth. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)

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Dee ² British  

/ diː /

noun

1. John. 1527–1608, English mathematician, astrologer, and magician: best known for his preface (1570) to the first edition of Euclid in English

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dee ³ British  

/ diː /

verb

1. a Scot word for die 1

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Etymology

Origin of dee

First recorded in 1785–95; so called from its shape, which resembles the letter D

Example Sentences

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Onion: Yes, usually you’re like “side characters, blah dee blah.”

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2020

So, oompa loompa doompety dee, if you are wise you will listen to me: Get informed consent before you feed anyone garbage.

From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2019

He even insisted they keep the “dee dee dee” part.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2017

"Da da dee, da dee, da dee," he sang in an interview.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2013

“Mind if I use the hum hum hum dee dee part?” he asked presently.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Rabbi Dee said he believed that, apart from a small group of "hooligan settlers" who could not be controlled and whom most people do not support, many others wanted a different outcome.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Graham’s victory can be credited to the massive margins she ran up in the Pee Dee, the region of the state around Myrtle Beach where Trump campaigned for her.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

For 45 years, Alyson Dee Moore made the sounds that movies needed — the footsteps, the rustling clothes and doors swinging shut.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Forty-one states license CCRCs, says Dee Pekruhn, senior director of life plan communities and continuing care at home at LeadingAge External link.

From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026

If you promise not to tell anyone, Dee Dee, I’ll let you in on my secret plan.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn