any of various birds of the family Columbidae, having a heavy body, small head, short legs, and long pointed wings: order Columbiformes. They are typically smaller than pigeons
▶ Related adjective: columbine
2. politics
a person opposed to war
Compare hawk1 (sense 3)
3.
a gentle or innocent person: used as a term of endearment
4.
a.
a greyish-brown colour
b.
(as adjective)
dove walls
Derived forms
dovelike (ˈdoveˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
Old English dūfe (unattested except as a feminine proper name); related to Old Saxon dūbva, Old High German tūba
pigeon in British English1
(ˈpɪdʒɪn)
noun
1.
any of numerous birds of the family Columbidae, having a heavy body, small head, short legs, and long pointed wings: order Columbiformes
rock dove
2. slang
a victim or dupe
Word origin
C14: from Old French pijon young dove, from Late Latin pīpiō young bird, from pīpīre to chirp
All related terms of 'doo'
doo-doo
feces; excrement
doo-wop
rhythm-and-blues harmony vocalizing developed by unaccompanied street-corner groups in the US in the 1950s
Sea-Doo
a small self-propelled watercraft for one person
zoo doo
compost made from the dung of zoo animals
clabby-doo
a large black mussel
clappy-doo
a large black mussel
cushie-doo
a large Eurasian pigeon , Columba palumbus, having white patches on the wings and neck
scooby doo
a clue
cock-a-doodle-doo
an imitation or representation of a cock crowing
whoop-de-do
noisy or excited activity, commotion , or fuss ; hoopla, ballyhoo , to-do, etc.