doc

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɒk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɑk/

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• Rhymes: -ɒk
• Homophones: Doc, dock

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]:

     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.

Clipping of document.

doc (plural docs)

2. (informal, usually in the plural) A document, especially (in professional jargon) a piece of technical documentation or legal evidence.

Clipping of documentary.

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.

   • 2024 September 4, Mehera Bonner, Samantha Olson, “Behold, A Breakdown of Billie Eilish's Massive Net Worth”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[2]:

     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!

Clipping of doctorate.

doc (plural docs)

1. Clipping of doctorate.

• postdoc, post-doc

• C.O.D., CDO, COD, OCD, ODC, cod

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔk/
• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Hyphenation: dòc

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 ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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

doc 

1. turtle

doc

1. alternative form of duk (“duke”)

• dooc

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”).

• IPA^(key): /doːk/

dōc ? or m

1. bastard
2. mongrel, hybrid

• The precise gender is unknown. Possibly masculine if descended from Proto-West Germanic *dōk.

• dōcincel

• dēċan (possibly)

• (Arabic) دࣤشۡ
• (Bengali) দশ
• (Myanmar) [Term?]
• (Hanifi) 𐴊𐴡𐴐𐴢 (doc)

From Sanskrit दश (daśa, “ten”).

• IPA^(key): [d̪oʃ]

doc

1. ten

Borrowed from English dock.

doc n (plural docuri)

1. dock