dt

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of detective

plural DTs · alternative DT. · alternative Dt. · alternative Dt · alternative D/T

1. CanadianabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableAmerican footballInitialism of defensive tackle.
2. abbreviationcountableuncountablegovernmentAbbreviation of (police) detective.

   She told him, "Get off it," and a bunch of other more shit / Getting money, DTs be getting no new leads

   2004, MF DOOM, “One Beer”, in MM..FOOD

3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableeducationInitialism of design and technology.
4. abbreviationcountableuncountableaeronauticsAbbreviation of dethermalizer.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebroadcastingInitialism of digital television.

   Synonyms: DTV

6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of device tree.
7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of delirium tremens.

   She knew, because she had held him, that he suffered DT's. Behind the initials was a metaphor, a delirium tremens, a trembling unfurrowing of the mind's ploughshare.

   1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 95

8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of diphtheria and tetanus (a type of combination vaccine).
9. abbreviationcountableslanguncountableAbbreviation of detention.

   There were five people in DT, and we were all seventh graders. ¶ “Hurry up, Mr. Sprague. Look busy.” Mr. Waddell sported his mean look.

   1993, Martyn Godfrey, Please Remove Your Elbow from My Ear, New York, NY: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 11

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   If a child is dangerous, likely to run or if his parents cannot be found, he is placed in detention, often called DT. Detention officers may then release the child from detention as soon as his parents are contacted, or they may keep the child in DT until the next court day, when a detention hearing will be scheduled.

   1974 Winter, Constance K. Lundberg, Kathryn L. Schuler, “Salt Lake County Juvenile Court – Focus on the Intake Officer, 1971–74”, in Journal of Contemporary Law, volume 1, number 1, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2024, page 49

10. abbreviationcountableslanguncountableAbbreviation of drug test.
11. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablelifestyleInitialism of deep-throating.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Daily Telegraph.

1. alternativegovernmentAlternative form of DT (“detective”).