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Definition of do-si-do in English: do-si-do(also do-se-do) nounPlural do-si-dosˌdəʊsɪˈdəʊˌdəʊzɪˈdəʊˌdōsēˈdō (in square dancing, and other country dancing) a figure in which two dancers pass round each other back to back and return to their original positions. Example sentencesExamples - If the articles do not reveal awareness of relevant prior work, then they are unlikely to constitute a step forward in our scholarly do-si-do.
- With a half-dozen pupils in the field, he's constantly being passed, do-si-do, from partner to partner on the range.
- Not only will we not be cheek-to-cheek, you will not get so much as a do-si-do.
- A reminder of this institutional do-si-do is the temple bell.
- It improbably and effectively twists a simple rural do-si-do rhythm into a creepy backdrop.
verbdo-si-dosˌdəʊsɪˈdəʊˌdəʊzɪˈdəʊˌdōsēˈdō [no object]Dance a do-si-do. a hundred flushed women were do-si-doing to the music Example sentencesExamples - Who is perceived as having the more grown-up job, someone who can diagnose, debate, or do-si-do?
- More than 500 children from the borough's primary schools do-si-doed to their hearts' content at the annual folk dance festival last Wednesday.
- They were avid square-dancers, often do-si-doing with fellow church members.
- At last, she spoke, as they do-si-doed and began to weave in and out with the other couples.
- Line up, grab your partners and do-si-do to the rousing sounds.
Origin 1920s (originally US): alteration of dos-à-dos. Rhymes aglow, ago, alow, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou Definition of do-si-do in US English: do-si-do(also dos-à-dos) nounˌdōsēˈdō (in square dancing, and other country dancing) a figure in which two dancers pass around each other back to back and return to their original positions. Example sentencesExamples - With a half-dozen pupils in the field, he's constantly being passed, do-si-do, from partner to partner on the range.
- It improbably and effectively twists a simple rural do-si-do rhythm into a creepy backdrop.
- Not only will we not be cheek-to-cheek, you will not get so much as a do-si-do.
- A reminder of this institutional do-si-do is the temple bell.
- If the articles do not reveal awareness of relevant prior work, then they are unlikely to constitute a step forward in our scholarly do-si-do.
verbˌdōsēˈdō [no object]Dance a do-si-do. a hundred flushed women were do-si-doing to the music Example sentencesExamples - They were avid square-dancers, often do-si-doing with fellow church members.
- More than 500 children from the borough's primary schools do-si-doed to their hearts' content at the annual folk dance festival last Wednesday.
- Line up, grab your partners and do-si-do to the rousing sounds.
- At last, she spoke, as they do-si-doed and began to weave in and out with the other couples.
- Who is perceived as having the more grown-up job, someone who can diagnose, debate, or do-si-do?
Origin 1920s (originally US): alteration of dos-à-dos. |