high doh

noun

The eighth note in the sol-fa system, being an octave above doh.

Meanings

nounhigh doh (countable and uncountable, plural high dohs)

plural high dohs · alternative high doe

  1. countableuncountableentertainmentThe eighth note in the sol-fa system, being an octave above doh.
  2. IrelandScotlandcolloquialuncountableA state of great agitation.

    Youve been on the ran dan you couple of wee tinkers and your mother's up to high doe.

    1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage, published 2015, page 27
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