"doit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɔɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-doit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: doits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪt Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Low German doyt, cognate with Middle Dutch duit. Doublet of thwaite. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|gml|doyt}} Middle Low German doyt, {{cog|dum|duit}} Middle Dutch duit, {{doublet|en|thwaite}} Doublet of thwaite Head templates: {{en-noun}} doit (plural doits)
  1. (historical) A small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Coins Translations (small Dutch coin): Deut [masculine] (German), duit (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-doit-en-noun-qQXz4asJ Disambiguation of Coins: 56 8 10 26 Disambiguation of 'small Dutch coin': 93 6 1
  2. (archaic) A small amount; a bit, a jot. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-doit-en-noun-Gk9hvPKw
  3. (music) In jazz music, a note that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically upwards. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-doit-en-noun-M~ubRmV4 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /dɔɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-doit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: doits [present, singular, third-person], doiting [participle, present], doited [participle, past], doited [past]
Rhymes: -ɔɪt Etymology: Borrowed from Scots doit, apparently a Scots cognate of dote. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|doit}} Scots doit, {{doublet|en|dote|notext=1}} dote Head templates: {{en-verb}} doit (third-person singular simple present doits, present participle doiting, simple past and past participle doited)
  1. (Scotland, rare) To stumble; to blunder. Tags: Scotland, rare
    Sense id: en-doit-en-verb-J2Y-nKGh Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 10 22 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 14 15 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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