d

uppercase D · plural ds · plural d's

1. letterlowercaseThe fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

   Rupert. I am told so, sir. But then so does the other Cadell. A devastating creature who spells it with two d’s.

   1929, Patrick Hamilton, Rope, New York City: Samuel French, Act I, page 30

uppercase D · plural ds · plural d's

1. lowercaseThe fourth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

1. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of dimensional.
2. abbreviationnot comparableball gamesAbbreviation of declared.

   Synonyms: dec

1. abbreviationcrosswordingAbbreviation of down.

   Do you have the answer for 23d?

2. MalaysiaabbreviationinformalAbbreviation of already, used in text messages to form the perfect tenses.

   Come d.

   1 more example

   Done d.

1. until February 1971A British penny; an old penny (the modern decimal penny being abbreviated p).

   £sd — “pounds, shillings and pence”

2. diceDie or dice.

   d20 — a specialized die with twenty sides

   1 more example

   2d6 — the sum of the roll of two six-sided dice

3. A penny, a measure of the size of nails.

1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of the

   that cavalier expression i see/on people's mugs don't keep/d pie from hitting dey faces

   1988 February 14, Catherine Joseph, “First Life Jitters”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 30, page 7

lowercase d · plural Ds · plural D's

1. letteruppercaseThe fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

   Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]

   1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC

lowercase d · plural Ds · plural D's

1. uppercaseThe fourth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

plural Ds

1. abbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of defense.
2. USabbreviationcountableuncountablegovernmentAbbreviation of Democrat, especially preceding the constituent location.

   D-New York

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   “I think allowing this moniker, ‘Defund the police,’ to ever get out there, was not a good thing,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) told The Washington Post’s Dave Weigel on Thursday.

   2021 November 5, Chris Cillizza, “Even Democrats are now admitting ‘Defund the Police’ was a massive mistake”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2022

3. abbreviationcountableuncountableautomotiveAbbreviation of drive, the setting of an automatic transmission.
4. abbreviationcountableuncountablemediaAbbreviation of duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association.
5. abbreviationclippingcountableeuphemisticslanguncountableClipping of dick (“penis”)

   She wants the D!

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   I give her the D, I give her the D, she callin' me zaddy

   2016, “Zaddy”, in Campaign, performed by Ty Dolla $ign

6. abbreviationcountableuncountablebusinessAbbreviation of data.
7. countableuncountableUnicodeCanonical decomposition
8. abbreviationcountableuncountableentertainmentAbbreviation of Deutsch number in the Schubert Thematic Catalogue.

   Symphony No. 4 Tragic D 417

9. alternativecountableslanguncountableAlternative form of dee (“a police detective”).

   Dotty my holster, totin on this knocker (Grrah, grrah) If we see the Ds, bitch, move proper

   2022 October 31, “Doomsday” (track 7, 1:53 from the start), in Kay Flock (lyrics), F L O C K A

10. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablerhythmic gymnasticsInitialism of difficulty.

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of down (direction).

1. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of dimensional.
2. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of divorced.

1. The City of Detroit.
2. abbreviationlifestyleAbbreviation of Deuteronomist.

1. euphemisticDamn.

   CAPTAIN. I never use a big, big D— ALL. What, never? CAPTAIN. No, never! ALL. What, never? CAPTAIN. Hardly ever! ALL. Hardly ever swears a big, big D—

   1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “I am the Captain of the Pinafore”, in H.M.S. Pinafore; […], San Francisco: Bacon & Company, […], →OCLC

plural Ds

1. ball gamesThe semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.
2. ball gamesThe penalty arc on a football pitch.

   23 min: Fee gets overly intricate near his own D, and gifts the ball to Eze, who attempts a curler towards the top-left corner but gets it all wrong.

   2025 November 8, Scott Murray, “Sunderland v Arsenal: Premier League – live”, in The Guardian

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   Johnson, a late substitute, applied the finishing touch but it was move kickstarted by the again-impressive Neco Williams, who skedaddled forward from halfway with the ball in tow before feeding Aaron Ramsey on the edge of the D.

   2022 June 11, Ben Fisher, “Brennan Johnson’s late goal denies Belgium and extends the Wales party”, in The Guardian

3. field hockeyThe penalty arc on a hockey field.

plural Ds

1. CanadaUSeducationA grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure (which can be F or E depending on the institution) and worse than a C.

1. computer languagesA programming language inspired from C++.