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Etymology 1 edit

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  • DD, M

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DD

  1. (informal) A Roman numeral representing thousand (1000).
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DD

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for East Germany from 1974 to 1990.
    Synonym: DDR (alpha-3)
  2. (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by Fitch Ratings, indicating that a bond is in default, with little prospect of debt recovery.
  3. (clothing) Bra cup size.
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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌdiː ˈdiː/
  • (file)

Noun edit

DD (countable and uncountable, plural DDs)

  1. Initialism of designated driver.
  2. Initialism of discharged dead: official designation of a sailor killed in combat
  3. Initialism of direct debit.
  4. Initialism of deficit disorder.
  5. Initialism of doctor of divinity.
  6. (computing) Initialism of Debian developer.
  7. (sports) Initialism of degree of difficulty.
  8. (US, military, nautical) Abbreviation of destroyer, a type of warship.
  9. (automotive) Initialism of daily driver: a vehicle which is used for everyday commuting, unlike a weekend warrior / Sunday Funday vehicle.
  10. Initialism of dual diagnosis.
  11. Initialism of demand draft.
  12. (vulgar, in the plural) A breast of cup size DD.
  13. (Internet) Initialism of direct download.
  14. Initialism of decimal degrees. (decimalized instead of sexagesimal values for arcdegrees)
  15. Abbreviation of daddy dom in DD/LG kink.
    • 2019, Cassandra Dee, Daddy's Pretty Baby: A DD/lg Forbidden Romance:
      ABOUT THIS BOOK [] Hey Readers – Warning: This is a sexy, over the top romance with two folks engaged in age play and the DD/lg lifestyle.
  16. Initialism of due diligence.
  17. Initialism of delivery date.
  18. Initialism of dear/darling daughter.

Proper noun edit

DD

  1. Abbreviation of Daman and Diu.
  2. Abbreviation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

Adjective edit

DD

  1. Initialism of developmentally disabled.

Alternative forms edit

  • (Internet): DDL

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DD(ディーディー) (dīdī

  1. (often offensive, idol fandom) Short for 誰でも大好き (daredemo daisuki, love everyone).
  2. (Internet slang) Short for どっちもどっち (dotchi mo dotchi, neither is great).

Norwegian Bokmål edit

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Etymology 1 edit

Short form of Norwegian dag (day), from Old Norse dagr (day), from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (day), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (to burn, to be illuminated).

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Noun edit

DD

  1. Alternative spelling of dd
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Etymology 2 edit

Short form of Norwegian datamangel (data deficiency), first part data (data) from Latin data, plural of datum (gift, present), neuter past participle of (I give, offer), from Proto-Italic *didō (give), from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti (to be giving), from *deh₃- (give). Last part mangel (lack, absence, deficiency) from German Mangel (lack, deficiency), from mangeln (to lack), from Old High German mangolōn, from Latin mancare.

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DD

  1. (Norwegian Red List for Species) Abbreviation of datamangel (data deficiency).

Etymology 3 edit

Short form of Norwegian dobbel-dobbel (double-double).

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DD

  1. (basketball) Abbreviation of dobbel-dobbel (double-double).

Etymology 4 edit

Short form of Norwegian D-dag and D-dagen ("D-Day"), both from English D-Day, where the D refers to the word dag (day), from Old Norse dagr (day), from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (day), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (to burn, to be illuminated).

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Noun edit

DD

  1. (figuratively) Abbreviation of D-dag (D-Day).
  2. (historical) Abbreviation of D-dagen (D-Day).

Etymology 5 edit

First initials of the name Donald Duck (Donald Duck).

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Proper noun edit

DD

  1. Initialism of Donald Duck.