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  • d'oh
    d'oh
    interjection
    (used to express dismay when one has said or done something stupid or when something has gone wrong.)
  • doh
    doh
    noun
    music (in tonic sol-fa) the first degree of any major scale
  • DoH
    DoH
    abbreviation
    Department of Health

d'oh

American  
[doh] / doʊ /
Or doh

interjection

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


doh 1 British  
/ dəʊ /

noun

  1. music (in tonic sol-fa) the first degree of any major scale

  2. informal extremely excited or keyed up

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

DoH 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Department of Health

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

doh 3 British  
/ dəʊ /

interjection

  1. informal an exclamation of annoyance when something goes wrong

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of d'oh

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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