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doc

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Northern Kam.

Clipping of doctor.

doc (plural docs)

  1. (informal) A doctor.
    • 2015 May 12, Alexandra Jaffe, “First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents”, in CNN‎[1], archived from the original on 13 February 2025:
      One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation.

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doc (plural docs)

  1. (informal, usually in the plural) A document, especially (in professional jargon) a piece of technical documentation or legal evidence.
    • 2023 July 27, Marshall Cohen, “Hunter Biden plea docs highlight rifts that upended the deal for now”, in CNN‎[2], archived from the original on 14 January 2025:
      [see title]

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doc (plural docs)

  1. (informal) A documentary.
    Synonyms: docu, (South Africa) doccie, (Australia) doco
    • 2003, The Independent Film & Video Monthly, page 38:
      If you think watching a doc about a spelling bee isn't the most entertaining way to spend ninety minutes, think again.
    • 2010, Rachel Johnson, A Diary of The Lady: My First Year As Editor:
      On the subject of fat men, I was watching a doc about a mountain of flab called Paul last night and Ludo said that he was very proud that the fattest man in the world was English.
    • 2019 November 7, John Serba, “Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Fire in Paradise’ on Netflix, a Nerve-Racking Documentary About the 2018 Camp Fire Tragedy”, in Decider‎[3], archived from the original on 22 April 2020:
      Fire in Paradise mixes the nigh-unbearable tension of docs such as Free Solo and Cartel Land with the sad reportage of An Inconvenient Truth.
    • 2024 January 30, Alli Rosenbloom, “Celine Dion says new doc will detail her life with stiff person syndrome and her road back to performing”, in CNN‎[4], archived from the original on 5 March 2025:
      Capturing over a year’s worth of Dion’s life, including “never-before-seen” private moments, the doc will showcase the legendary singer navigating “her journey toward living an open and authentic life amidst illness.”
    • 2024 September 4, Mehera Bonner, Samantha Olson, “Behold, A Breakdown of Billie Eilish's Massive Net Worth”, in Cosmopolitan‎[5], archived from the original on 12 February 2025:
      According to Forbes, Billie [Eilish] earned $53 million in 2020. Half of that was thanks to the Apple doc, and the other half was thanks to music sales. Cool-cool-cool, same!

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doc (plural docs)

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doc

  1. alternative letter-case form of DOC (“controlled designation of origin”)

doc (invariable)

  1. (viticulture) certified as DOC (of a product, usually wine)
    un vino doc ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. (by extension, colloquial) genuine, excellent
    una canzone doc ― an excellent song

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *duH. Cognate with White Hmong deg.

doc

  1. turtle

doc

  1. alternative form of duk (“duke”)

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth, rag”), with a change in meaning from "cloth, rag" to "something worthless". Compare similar semantic development in the verb dēċan (“to daub", also "to smear”).

dōc ? or m

  1. bastard
  2. mongrel, hybrid

Rohingya cardinal numbers

< 9 10 11 >
Cardinal : doc

From Sanskrit दश (daśa, “ten”).

doc

  1. ten

Borrowed from English dock.

doc n (plural docuri)

  1. dock

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