dough balln.

Brit.

/ˈdəʊ bɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈdoʊ ˌbɔl/,

/ˈdoʊ ˌbɑl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dough n., ball n.¹

Etymology: < dough n. + ball n.¹

a. A ball of uncooked dough, typically for making into a loaf of bread, pizza, etc.

ΚΠ

1831 Amer. Turf Reg. & Sporting Mag. Sept. 22 Give the horse a table-spoonful of copperas in his food, or in a dough ball.

1875 Youth's Compan. 10 June 185/2 Puss frisked round with the little dough ball, and cuffed it here and there.

1884 Northwestern Miller 31 Oct. 415/3 I was in a head miller's office, and saw a tray of doughballs labeled with names of several other mills.

1941 Washington Post 15 Feb. 13/6 Place the dough balls in well greased pans, in small muffin cups..for rolls with crusty soft sides.

2010 Times 8 Feb. (Times2 section) 5/4 When the dough balls have rested.., they are ready to be stretched and spread into pizza trays.

b. An item of food made from a small ball of dough; spec. (a) originally U.S., later also Australian and Scottish a dumpling (cf. doughboy n. 1); (b) a bite-sized ball of pizza dough, typically baked and served with garlic butter or a dip as a starter or side dish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > dumplings

dumpling1600

Norfolk dumpling1600

macaroni1616

doughboy1685

pot-ball1688

potato dumpling1765

fungee1789

hop-about1820

knödel1827

johnnycake1831

dough ball1836

Salzburger nockerl1855

pierogi1863

gnocchi1891

cob1898

matzo ball1902

knaidel1903

pizzelle1912

knish1916

mandlen1944

shumai1951

nockerl1954

potsticker1963

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > bread dish > [noun] > other bread dishes

bread pudding1623

mushroom loaf1769

dough ball1836

strata1902

calzone1933

panzanella1937

bruschetta1954

bread bowl1955

falafel1971

bunny chow1972

1836 C. R. Gilman Life on Lakes II. xxviii. 155 The boiling mess was cooked and poured out into a deep tin pan; pork, fish, dough-balls, and no inconsiderable portion of the liquor.

1850 J. T. Roddan John O'Brien ii. 52 The hat was full of doughnuts, cheese, and other matters, and the boys had a scrabble for them... The doughballs and cheese were eaten.

1864 M. C. Harris Louie's Last Term 168 Dough-balls were her acknowledged passion.

1907 R. P. Smith Prisoners of Fortune xiii. 172 He had served..meat, chopped and cooked into a stew, with dough-balls..sogging therein.

1922 Sydney Morning Herald 7 June 7/5 Steaming hot and thick, pea soup, or brown soup with doughballs in it.

1980 Daily Express 18 Apr. 15/4 Mince, tatties, and dough balls... I was brought up on mince, everybody in Scotland is.

1995 Times 14 Jan. (Mag. section) 35/5 The dough balls to dunk in olive oil are fine.

2014 J. Blackhurst How I lost You (2017) 57 I'll take the penne al pollo with a side of chips and some garlic dough balls.

c. U.S. Angling. A type of bait made from a paste of flour or moistened bread and various other ingredients, formed into a small ball and usually boiled or chilled.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > other baits

killer1681

dough ball1879

Exeter-elm1882

tuna bait1901

bread flake1956

tare1971

pop-up1987

1879 Forest & Stream 13 Mar. 114/3 A few boys have thrown in dough balls to attract the suckers to a convenient landing.

1941 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 10 Aug. iv. 6/6 Kernels of sweet corn make a good bait or dough balls made from whole wheat or white bread with a little cotton added.

1968 Boys' Life Aug. 28/3 Channel cats will eat anything from worms or crawfish, to doughballs and minnows.

2011 S. Pickering Tramp's Wallet 252 People fished for carp off the bottom deck,..for bait using dough balls.

†2. In plural. A variety of red alga having fronds which form dense tufts, Polysiphonia harveyi var. olneyi. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > red algae

red alga1834

rhodosperm1847

dough balls1876

lithothamnion1895

rhodophyte1932

1876 U.S. Comm. Fish & Fisheries: Pt. III: Rep. Commissioner 1873–5 App. E. 692 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (43rd Congr., 2nd Sess.: Senate Misc. Doc. 108) I Polysiphonia Olneyi, Harv. Dough-balls. Long Island Sound.

1881 W. G. Farlow Marine Algæ 171 In its typical form P[olysiphonia] Olneyi forms dense soft tufts, sometimes called dough-balls by the sea-shore population.

1901 A. F. Arnold Sea-beach at Ebb-tide i. iii. 88 P[olysiphonia] Olneyi (dough-balls). Fronds two to five inches high, densely tufted.

3. colloquial (chiefly Scottish) Frequently in form doughball. A stupid or foolish person; an idiot.

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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]

asseOE

sotc1000

beastc1225

long-ear?a1300

stock1303

buzzard1377

mis-feelinga1382

dasarta1400

stonea1400

dasiberd14..

dottlec1400

doddypoll1401

dastardc1440

dotterel1440

dullardc1440

wantwit1449

jobardc1475

nollc1475

assheada1500

mulea1500

dull-pate15..

peak1509

dulbert?a1513

doddy-patec1525

noddypolla1529

hammer-head1532

dull-head?1534

capon1542

dolt1543

blockhead1549

cod's head1549

mome1550

grout-head1551

gander1553

skit-brains?1553

blocka1556

calfa1556

tomfool1565

dunce1567

druggard1569

cobble1570

dummel1570

Essex calf1573

jolthead1573

hardhead1576

beetle-head1577

dor-head1577

groutnoll1578

grosshead1580

thickskin1582

noddyship?1589

jobbernowl1592

beetle-brain1593

Dorbel1593

oatmeal-groat1594

loggerhead1595

block-pate1598

cittern-head1598

noddypoop1598

dorbellist1599

numps1599

dor1601

stump1602

ram-head1605

look-like-a-goose1606

ruff1606

clod1607

turf1607

asinego1609

clot-poll1609

doddiea1611

druggle1611

duncecomb1612

ox-head1613

clod-polla1616

dulman1615

jolterhead1620

bullhead1624

dunderwhelpa1625

dunderhead1630

macaroona1631

clod-patea1635

clota1637

dildo1638

clot-pate1640

stupid1640

clod-head1644

stub1644

simpletonian1652

bottle-head1654

Bœotiana1657

vappe1657

lackwit1668

cudden1673

plant-animal1673

dolt-head1679

cabbage head1682

put1688

a piece of wood1691

ouphe1694

dunderpate1697

numbskull1697

leather-head1699

nocky1699

Tom Cony1699

mopus1700

bluff-head1703

clod skull1707

dunny1709

dowf1722

stupe1722

gamphrel1729

gobbin?1746

duncehead1749

half-wit1755

thick-skull1755

jackass1756

woollen-head1756

numbhead1757

beef-head1775

granny1776

stupid-head1792

stunpolla1794

timber-head1794

wether heada1796

dummy1796

noghead1800

staumrel1802

muttonhead1803

num1807

dummkopf1809

tumphya1813

cod's head and shoulders1820

stoopid1823

thick-head1824

gype1825

stob1825

stookiea1828

woodenhead1831

ning-nong1832

log-head1834

fat-head1835

dunderheadism1836

turnip1837

mudhead1838

donkey1840

stupex1843

cabbage1844

morepork1845

lubber-head1847

slowpoke1847

stupiditarian1850

pudding-head1851

cod's head and shoulders1852

putty head1853

moke1855

mullet-head1855

pothead1855

mug1857

thick1857

boodle1862

meathead1863

missing link1863

half-baked1866

lunk1867

turnip-head1869

rummy1872

pumpkin-head1876

tattie1879

chump1883

dully1883

cretin1884

lunkhead1884

mopstick1886

dumbhead1887

peanut head1891

pie-face1891

doughbakea1895

butt-head1896

pinhead1896

cheesehead1900

nyamps1900

box head1902

bonehead1903

chickenhead1903

thickwit1904

cluck1906

boob1907

John1908

mooch1910

nitwit1910

dikkop1913

goop1914

goofus1916

rumdum1916

bone dome1917

moron1917

oik1917

jabroni1919

dumb-bell1920

knob1920

goon1921

dimwit1922

ivory dome1923

stone jug1923

dingleberry1924

gimp1924

bird brain1926

jughead1926

cloth-head1927

dumb1928

gazook1928

mouldwarp1928

ding-dong1929

stupido1929

mook1930

sparrow-brain1930

knobhead1931

dip1932

drip1932

epsilon1932

bohunkus1933

Nimrod1933

dumbass1934

zombie1936

pea-brain1938

knot-head1940

schlump1941

jarhead1942

Joe Soap1943

knuckle-head1944

nong1944

lame-brain1945

gobshite1946

rock-head1947

potato head1948

jerko1949

turkey1951

momo1953

poop-head1955

a right one1958

bam1959

nong-nong1959

dickhead1960

dumbo1960

Herbert1960

lamer1961

bampot1962

dipshit1963

bamstick1965

doofus1965

dick1966

pillock1967

zipperhead1967

dipstick1968

thickie1968

poephol1969

yo-yo1970

doof1971

cockhead1972

nully1973

thicko1976

wazzock1976

motorhead1979

mouth-breather1979

no-brainer1979

jerkwad1980

woodentop1981

dickwad1983

dough ball1983

dickweed1984

bawheid1985

numpty1985

jerkweed1988

dick-sucker1989

knob-end1989

Muppet1989

dingus1997

dicksack1999

eight ball-

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > idiot, crazy person

Jack foolc1405

drivel1478

idiotc1480

nidiot1533

hare-brain1542

hare-copa1566

nidget1579

lunatic1602

flight-head1605

moonling1631

driveller1682

tomfool1683

niddy-noddy1722

imbecile1781

puggle1783

gype1825

eejit1853

nowmun1854

dinlo1873

loon1885

ratbag1890

doughbakea1895

ding-a-ling1899

feeb1914

dingbat1915

bodoh1922

diddy1933

Nimrod1933

pranny1949

momo1953

head-the-ball1958

flake1968

fuckwit1969

tattie-bogle1969

div1975

tube1975

wazzock1976

gonzo1977

motorhead1979

prannet1979

twonk1981

dough ball1983

numpty1985

divvy1987

1983 Judge Dredd Ann. 1984 68/1 Some doughball's gonna jump off the overzoom!

1991 Re: Q: Info Madonna's Movie Truth or Dare in rec.arts.movies (Usenet newsgroup) 8 Aug. She's got enough to worry about on a major tour without concerning herself with doughballs who try to have a good time on her name.

1994 J. Kelman How Late it Was 20 Heh doughball, somebody's talking to you.

2018 @portybella 7 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Oh doh—done that thing again and sent my reply to the person retweeting instead of the original tweeter—what a doughball.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dough ball
释义	dough balln. Brit. /ˈdəʊ bɔːl/, U.S. /ˈdoʊ ˌbɔl/, /ˈdoʊ ˌbɑl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dough n., ball n.¹ Etymology: < dough n. + ball n.¹ 1. a. A ball of uncooked dough, typically for making into a loaf of bread, pizza, etc. ΚΠ 1831 Amer. Turf Reg. & Sporting Mag. Sept. 22 Give the horse a table-spoonful of copperas in his food, or in a dough ball. 1875 Youth's Compan. 10 June 185/2 Puss frisked round with the little dough ball, and cuffed it here and there. 1884 Northwestern Miller 31 Oct. 415/3 I was in a head miller's office, and saw a tray of doughballs labeled with names of several other mills. 1941 Washington Post 15 Feb. 13/6 Place the dough balls in well greased pans, in small muffin cups..for rolls with crusty soft sides. 2010 Times 8 Feb. (Times2 section) 5/4 When the dough balls have rested.., they are ready to be stretched and spread into pizza trays. b. An item of food made from a small ball of dough; spec. (a) originally U.S., later also Australian and Scottish a dumpling (cf. doughboy n. 1); (b) a bite-sized ball of pizza dough, typically baked and served with garlic butter or a dip as a starter or side dish. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > dumplings dumpling1600 Norfolk dumpling1600 macaroni1616 doughboy1685 pot-ball1688 potato dumpling1765 fungee1789 hop-about1820 knödel1827 johnnycake1831 dough ball1836 Salzburger nockerl1855 pierogi1863 gnocchi1891 cob1898 matzo ball1902 knaidel1903 pizzelle1912 knish1916 mandlen1944 shumai1951 nockerl1954 potsticker1963 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > bread dish > [noun] > other bread dishes bread pudding1623 mushroom loaf1769 dough ball1836 strata1902 calzone1933 panzanella1937 bruschetta1954 bread bowl1955 falafel1971 bunny chow1972 1836 C. R. Gilman Life on Lakes II. xxviii. 155 The boiling mess was cooked and poured out into a deep tin pan; pork, fish, dough-balls, and no inconsiderable portion of the liquor. 1850 J. T. Roddan John O'Brien ii. 52 The hat was full of doughnuts, cheese, and other matters, and the boys had a scrabble for them... The doughballs and cheese were eaten. 1864 M. C. Harris Louie's Last Term 168 Dough-balls were her acknowledged passion. 1907 R. P. Smith Prisoners of Fortune xiii. 172 He had served..meat, chopped and cooked into a stew, with dough-balls..sogging therein. 1922 Sydney Morning Herald 7 June 7/5 Steaming hot and thick, pea soup, or brown soup with doughballs in it. 1980 Daily Express 18 Apr. 15/4 Mince, tatties, and dough balls... I was brought up on mince, everybody in Scotland is. 1995 Times 14 Jan. (Mag. section) 35/5 The dough balls to dunk in olive oil are fine. 2014 J. Blackhurst How I lost You (2017) 57 I'll take the penne al pollo with a side of chips and some garlic dough balls. c. U.S. Angling. A type of bait made from a paste of flour or moistened bread and various other ingredients, formed into a small ball and usually boiled or chilled. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > other baits killer1681 dough ball1879 Exeter-elm1882 tuna bait1901 bread flake1956 tare1971 pop-up1987 1879 Forest & Stream 13 Mar. 114/3 A few boys have thrown in dough balls to attract the suckers to a convenient landing. 1941 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 10 Aug. iv. 6/6 Kernels of sweet corn make a good bait or dough balls made from whole wheat or white bread with a little cotton added. 1968 Boys' Life Aug. 28/3 Channel cats will eat anything from worms or crawfish, to doughballs and minnows. 2011 S. Pickering Tramp's Wallet 252 People fished for carp off the bottom deck,..for bait using dough balls. †2. In plural. A variety of red alga having fronds which form dense tufts, Polysiphonia harveyi var. olneyi. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > red algae red alga1834 rhodosperm1847 dough balls1876 lithothamnion1895 rhodophyte1932 1876 U.S. Comm. Fish & Fisheries: Pt. III: Rep. Commissioner 1873–5 App. E. 692 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (43rd Congr., 2nd Sess.: Senate Misc. Doc. 108) I Polysiphonia Olneyi, Harv. Dough-balls. Long Island Sound. 1881 W. G. Farlow Marine Algæ 171 In its typical form P[olysiphonia] Olneyi forms dense soft tufts, sometimes called dough-balls by the sea-shore population. 1901 A. F. Arnold Sea-beach at Ebb-tide i. iii. 88 P[olysiphonia] Olneyi (dough-balls). Fronds two to five inches high, densely tufted. 3. colloquial (chiefly Scottish) Frequently in form doughball. A stupid or foolish person; an idiot. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun] asseOE sotc1000 beastc1225 long-ear?a1300 stock1303 buzzard1377 mis-feelinga1382 dasarta1400 stonea1400 dasiberd14.. dottlec1400 doddypoll1401 dastardc1440 dotterel1440 dullardc1440 wantwit1449 jobardc1475 nollc1475 assheada1500 mulea1500 dull-pate15.. peak1509 dulbert?a1513 doddy-patec1525 noddypolla1529 hammer-head1532 dull-head?1534 capon1542 dolt1543 blockhead1549 cod's head1549 mome1550 grout-head1551 gander1553 skit-brains?1553 blocka1556 calfa1556 tomfool1565 dunce1567 druggard1569 cobble1570 dummel1570 Essex calf1573 jolthead1573 hardhead1576 beetle-head1577 dor-head1577 groutnoll1578 grosshead1580 thickskin1582 noddyship?1589 jobbernowl1592 beetle-brain1593 Dorbel1593 oatmeal-groat1594 loggerhead1595 block-pate1598 cittern-head1598 noddypoop1598 dorbellist1599 numps1599 dor1601 stump1602 ram-head1605 look-like-a-goose1606 ruff1606 clod1607 turf1607 asinego1609 clot-poll1609 doddiea1611 druggle1611 duncecomb1612 ox-head1613 clod-polla1616 dulman1615 jolterhead1620 bullhead1624 dunderwhelpa1625 dunderhead1630 macaroona1631 clod-patea1635 clota1637 dildo1638 clot-pate1640 stupid1640 clod-head1644 stub1644 simpletonian1652 bottle-head1654 Bœotiana1657 vappe1657 lackwit1668 cudden1673 plant-animal1673 dolt-head1679 cabbage head1682 put1688 a piece of wood1691 ouphe1694 dunderpate1697 numbskull1697 leather-head1699 nocky1699 Tom Cony1699 mopus1700 bluff-head1703 clod skull1707 dunny1709 dowf1722 stupe1722 gamphrel1729 gobbin?1746 duncehead1749 half-wit1755 thick-skull1755 jackass1756 woollen-head1756 numbhead1757 beef-head1775 granny1776 stupid-head1792 stunpolla1794 timber-head1794 wether heada1796 dummy1796 noghead1800 staumrel1802 muttonhead1803 num1807 dummkopf1809 tumphya1813 cod's head and shoulders1820 stoopid1823 thick-head1824 gype1825 stob1825 stookiea1828 woodenhead1831 ning-nong1832 log-head1834 fat-head1835 dunderheadism1836 turnip1837 mudhead1838 donkey1840 stupex1843 cabbage1844 morepork1845 lubber-head1847 slowpoke1847 stupiditarian1850 pudding-head1851 cod's head and shoulders1852 putty head1853 moke1855 mullet-head1855 pothead1855 mug1857 thick1857 boodle1862 meathead1863 missing link1863 half-baked1866 lunk1867 turnip-head1869 rummy1872 pumpkin-head1876 tattie1879 chump1883 dully1883 cretin1884 lunkhead1884 mopstick1886 dumbhead1887 peanut head1891 pie-face1891 doughbakea1895 butt-head1896 pinhead1896 cheesehead1900 nyamps1900 box head1902 bonehead1903 chickenhead1903 thickwit1904 cluck1906 boob1907 John1908 mooch1910 nitwit1910 dikkop1913 goop1914 goofus1916 rumdum1916 bone dome1917 moron1917 oik1917 jabroni1919 dumb-bell1920 knob1920 goon1921 dimwit1922 ivory dome1923 stone jug1923 dingleberry1924 gimp1924 bird brain1926 jughead1926 cloth-head1927 dumb1928 gazook1928 mouldwarp1928 ding-dong1929 stupido1929 mook1930 sparrow-brain1930 knobhead1931 dip1932 drip1932 epsilon1932 bohunkus1933 Nimrod1933 dumbass1934 zombie1936 pea-brain1938 knot-head1940 schlump1941 jarhead1942 Joe Soap1943 knuckle-head1944 nong1944 lame-brain1945 gobshite1946 rock-head1947 potato head1948 jerko1949 turkey1951 momo1953 poop-head1955 a right one1958 bam1959 nong-nong1959 dickhead1960 dumbo1960 Herbert1960 lamer1961 bampot1962 dipshit1963 bamstick1965 doofus1965 dick1966 pillock1967 zipperhead1967 dipstick1968 thickie1968 poephol1969 yo-yo1970 doof1971 cockhead1972 nully1973 thicko1976 wazzock1976 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 no-brainer1979 jerkwad1980 woodentop1981 dickwad1983 dough ball1983 dickweed1984 bawheid1985 numpty1985 jerkweed1988 dick-sucker1989 knob-end1989 Muppet1989 dingus1997 dicksack1999 eight ball- the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > idiot, crazy person Jack foolc1405 drivel1478 idiotc1480 nidiot1533 hare-brain1542 hare-copa1566 nidget1579 lunatic1602 flight-head1605 moonling1631 driveller1682 tomfool1683 niddy-noddy1722 imbecile1781 puggle1783 gype1825 eejit1853 nowmun1854 dinlo1873 loon1885 ratbag1890 doughbakea1895 ding-a-ling1899 feeb1914 dingbat1915 bodoh1922 diddy1933 Nimrod1933 pranny1949 momo1953 head-the-ball1958 flake1968 fuckwit1969 tattie-bogle1969 div1975 tube1975 wazzock1976 gonzo1977 motorhead1979 prannet1979 twonk1981 dough ball1983 numpty1985 divvy1987 1983 Judge Dredd Ann. 1984 68/1 Some doughball's gonna jump off the overzoom! 1991 Re: Q: Info Madonna's Movie Truth or Dare in rec.arts.movies (Usenet newsgroup) 8 Aug. She's got enough to worry about on a major tour without concerning herself with doughballs who try to have a good time on her name. 1994 J. Kelman How Late it Was 20 Heh doughball, somebody's talking to you. 2018 @portybella 7 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Oh doh—done that thing again and sent my reply to the person retweeting instead of the original tweeter—what a doughball. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1831
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