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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

As my legs get colder and wetter in the mountain snow, a charming and chipper “DEE DEE DEE” chimes down from a nearby tree.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023

DEE HASLAM, 66, was a newcomer to soccer when she and her husband, the Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, bought the team.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2020

—ROGER DEE Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Galaxy February 1958.

From Traders Risk by Aycock, Roger D.

DEE, EDDIE, 7 years old, 3133 Wabash avenue.

From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various

DEE, a river in the south of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, pursuing a generally easterly direction from its source in the extreme west of the county till it reaches the North Sea at the city of Aberdeen.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various