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Definition of 'dookie'

English

Etymology 1

In Scots, dookie, doukit, and douker have been used to refer to Baptists (the terms being related to the British English "duck", equivalent to the American English "dunk", a Baptist being, jocularly, someone who ducks or dunks people in water when baptising them.

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (UK) Baptist
  • *1895 Dictionary of the Scots Language [http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/snda4frames.php?dtext=snd&query=DOOK]

    • Etymology 2

    In the US, probably alteration of , baby-talk reduplication of do, later popularized by the band .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (US|slang|African American Vernacular English) feces
  • *2002 – Ashaki Boelter: Hate Begets Hate [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0972106731&id=99phDZkAgdwC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&ots=PSY2eD5xsG&dq=%22to+get+that+dookie+off+those+ruined+sneakers%22&sig=wbxWie8AeuTdlHTMDte6wXdK9Iw] (page 69)
  • *:"He stepped in some cow waste; it serves him right. Look at him dancing to get that dookie off those ruined sneakers! Ha-ha-ha! Get down homie!"
  • *2002 – Jarrett Oliver: Private Eyes [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0595213804&id=PoOEYuGdPVkC&pg=RA1-PA125&lpg=RA1-PA125&ots=B4TI8Ys16d&dq=%22worth+a+lump+of+dookie+%22&sig=Apf_JxL5FDRbU2Ku0oBvOfrPoJY] (page 125)
  • *:"That stuff won't be worth a lump of dookie in court. It wouldn't be at all hard for Geale to pull a few strings and get documented permission for having each one of those items."
  • *2005 – Ashaki Boelter: In the Name of Love!: All-4-Love Series 2 of 3 [http://books.google.com/books?q=%22So+Alley+found+a+job+Scooping+up+dookie+on+the+streets%22&btnG=Search+Books] (Reckless Review)
  • *:So Alley found a job
  • *:Scooping up dookie on the streets
  • *2000 – "
  • *:: Can I go to the bathroom?
  • *:: Uh-uh! Say it in snowboard lingo.
  • *:Bart:' Uh... I've gotta blast a ' dookie ?
  • *:Otto: Dook on!
    • Synonyms
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    Similar to 'dookie'

    deuce, dassie, douche, douse, dowse, dequeue, douce, dogge, doggie, dehisce, dickie, deque, deice, dixie, dogie, digue, doozie, duckie, diose, doxie