"doos" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} doos
  1. Uncommon spelling of dos; plural of do Tags: alt-of, uncommon Alternative form of: dos (extra: plural of do)
    Sense id: en-doos-en-noun-zTIHsRtG Categories (other): English miscellaneous irregular plurals
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans doos, from Dutch doos. Doublet of dose. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|af|doos}} Afrikaans doos, {{der|en|nl|doos}} Dutch doos, {{doublet|en|dose}} Doublet of dose Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} doos
  1. (South Africa, vulgar) vagina Tags: South-Africa, vulgar
    Sense id: en-doos-en-noun-BQimNERd Categories (other): South African English
  2. (South Africa, vulgar) stupid person Tags: South-Africa, vulgar
    Sense id: en-doos-en-noun-5gPDbrQO Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 34 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for doos meaning in English (2.1kB)

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