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• dee
  dee

  noun

  a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear.
• Dee
  Dee

  noun

  John, 1527–1608, English mathematician and astrologer.

dee

¹ American  

[dee] / di /

noun

1. a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear.

   The wire cutters hung from a dee on her saddle.

2. Physics. a hollow electrode for accelerating particles in a cyclotron.

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Dee ² American  

[dee] / di /

noun

1. John, 1527–1608, English mathematician and astrologer.

2. a river in NE Scotland, flowing E into the North Sea at Aberdeen. 90 miles (145 km) long.

3. a river in N Wales and W England, flowing E and N into the Irish Sea. About 70 miles (110 km) long.

4. a male or female given name.

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Dee ¹ British  

/ diː /

noun

1. a river in N Wales and NW England, rising in S Gwynedd and flowing east and north to the Irish Sea. Length: about 112 km (70 miles)

2. a river in NE Scotland, rising in the Cairngorms and flowing east to the North Sea. Length: about 140 km (87 miles)

3. a river in S Scotland, flowing south to the Solway Firth. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)

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Dee ² British  

/ diː /

noun

1. John. 1527–1608, English mathematician, astrologer, and magician: best known for his preface (1570) to the first edition of Euclid in English

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dee ³ British  

/ diː /

verb

1. a Scot word for die 1

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Etymology

Origin of dee

First recorded in 1785–95; so called from its shape, which resembles the letter D

Example Sentences

Onion: Yes, usually you’re like “side characters, blah dee blah.”

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2020

Swedish Chef: Ah svenska yom eh spoon i fork, Orn desh, dee born desh, de umn børk!

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2020

It wasn’t finished – they even had to fill in parts with “dee dee dee” because they’d not come up with lyrics yet – but Nichols loved it.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2017

"Da da dee, da dee, da dee," he sang in an interview.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2013

“Double you, double owe, dee, you know, like the stuff they make furniture out of—furniture, you know, and spears, and— well—spears, you know, and furniture.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White