dough

noun

\ ˈdō

Definition of dough

1 : a mixture that consists essentially of flour or meal and a liquid (such as milk or water) and is stiff enough to knead or roll

2 : something resembling dough especially in consistency

3 : money doesn't have much dough

4 military : doughboy

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Synonyms for dough

Synonyms

bread [slang], bucks, cabbage [slang], cash, change, chips, coin, currency, gold, green, jack [slang], kale [slang], legal tender, lolly [British], long green [slang], loot, lucre, money, moola (or moolah) [slang], needful, pelf, scratch [slang], shekels (also sheqels), tender, wampum

Examples of dough in a Sentence

I don't have much dough. didn't have to spend a lot of dough for a new stereo

Recent Examples on the Web

With this deal, not only is Emma raking in the dough, but her skin has been looking better than ever! — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "Emma Chamberlain's Age and Net-Worth is Seriously Unbelievable," 27 Feb. 2019 This cottage cheese Sadoma grew up on was typically eaten with bread, used in dough to change the texture, or used in vareniki, a Russian dumpling of sorts. — Ilaf Esuf, SELF, "How 10 People Cook the Foods They Grew Up With After Immigrating to the United States," 4 Jan. 2019 Scoop half of the dough into a bowl and set it aside. — Marley Marius, Vogue, "Here’s How to Make 2018’s Most-Googled Food," 12 Dec. 2018 Place 12 dough balls on each sheet, 2 inches apart. — San Antonio Express-News, "Recipe: Chocolate Crinkle Cookies," 2 May 2018 The half-dozen dough balls come with their own chocolate dipping sauce, which is really the only thing that distinguishes them from other Munchkins. — Janelle Nanos, BostonGlobe.com, "Here’s our verdict on Dunkin’ Donuts new donut fries," 10 Apr. 2018 On a lightly floured work surface, stretch one dough ball into a 13 inch round. — SI.com, "Everything Spice Pigs in a Blanket with Rye Mustard," 29 Jan. 2018 Place on prepared baking sheets, leaving 2 inches of space between dough balls. — Country Living, "Chunky Chocolate-Chip Cookies," 31 Dec. 2010 Directors and producers had a lot of dough to play with for the comedy — about $27 million to be exact, Mental Floss reports. — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "Every Weird Thing You Never Realized About National Lampoon's 'Christmas Vacation'," 2 Dec. 2018

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History and Etymology for dough

Middle English doh, dogh, dowe, going back to Old English dāg, going back to Germanic *daiga- (whence Middle Dutch deech "dough," Old High German teig, Old Norse deig, deigr, Gothic daigs), ablaut derivative from the base of *digan-, dīgan- "to knead, shape" (whence Gothic digan, gadigan "to knead, form from clay"), going back to Indo-European *dhei̯ǵh- "knead, shape" — more at feign