doh
doh Lexical Profile
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• interjection
Used to express sudden frustration, annoyance, or the realization that one has just said or done something foolish (typically spelled "d'oh").
"Doh! I just realized I locked my keys inside the car."
• noun
British The first and eighth note of a major scale in solfège musical notation (usually spelled "do" in American English).
"The choir teacher instructed the students to begin singing the scale from doh."
Word Nuance & Usage
When used as an exclamation of frustration, this word is more commonly spelled with an apostrophe as "d'oh"; in British English, "doh" is also the standard spelling for the musical syllable "do".
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Word Origin & Etymology
In its musical sense, it is an English phonetic respelling of Italian "do", the first solfège syllable. As an interjection of frustration, it originated as an imitative exclamation popularized globally in the late 20th century by the animated television character Homer Simpson.