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dozen
1[ duhz-uhn ]
noun
- a group of 12.
- the dozens, Slang. a ritualized game typically engaged in by two persons each of whom attempts to outdo the other in insults directed against members of the other's family (usually used in the phrase play the dozens ).
adjective
dozen
2[ doh-zuhn ]
verb (used with object)
- to stun.
dozen
/ ˈdʌzən /
determiner
- preceded bya or a numeral
- twelve or a group of twelve
a dozen eggs
two dozen oranges
- ( as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural )
give me a dozen
there are at least a dozen who haven't arrived yet
noun
- by the dozenin large quantities
- See baker's dozen
- talk nineteen to the dozento talk without stopping
Derived Forms
- ˈdozenth, adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of dozen1
Idioms and Phrases
see baker's dozen ; by the dozen ; daily dozen ; dime a dozen ; six of one, half dozen of the other .Example Sentences
Perhaps on his own nowadays, Epstein is trying his best to webmaster over a dozen URLs.
A dozen Revolutionary Guards were caught deep inside Pakistan, tracking Rigi.
Another picture showed him surrounded by a dozen or so fighters—some masked and others laughing.
A gifted marketer, he sent samples of the hat to merchandisers all over the West, asking for a minimum order of a dozen.
Six months after we spoke, more than two-dozen have successfully qualified, and won the same exemption.
There were at least a dozen ladies seated round the big table at the Parsonage.
I ask for half a dozen projectors or so in every school, and for a well-stocked storehouse of films.
Before we had all fired, Fanning and a dozen of his sharpest men had again loaded, and were by our side.
We had half a dozen passengers to Ferrara; for the rest of the way, I had this extensive traveling establishment to myself.
Our class has swelled to about a dozen persons now, and a good many others come and play to him once or twice and then go.
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Related Words
- twelve
- xii
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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