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doit - What does it mean?

Definition of 'doit'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (historical) A small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver.
  • * c.'' 1606 , , Act 4, Scene 12:
  • most monster-like, be shown / For poor'st diminutives, for doits ;
  • (archaic) A small amount; a bit, a jot.
  • * 1819 , — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
  • *:“Speak out, ye Saxon dogs — what bid ye for your worthless lives? — How say you, you of Rotherwood?” “Not a doit I,” answered poor Wamba.
  • * 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
  • When / they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they / will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
  • (music) In jazz music, a note that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically upwards.
  • * 1995 , Music & Computers (volume 1, issues 2-4, page 57)
  • Jazz symbols include many contoured articulations and inflections, such as doits , fall-offs, and scoops.
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