- informal short for doctor, esp a medical doctor: often used as a term of address
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doc /dɑk/USA pronunciation
n. [countable][Informal.]
-doc-,
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Informal Termsa doctor.
-doc-,
- [root.]-doc- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "to teach.'' This meaning is found in such words as: docile, doctor, doctrine, document.
doc
(dok),USA pronunciation n. [Informal.]
DOC,
doc., pl. docs.
- Informal Termsdoctor.
- Informal Termsa casual, impersonal term of address used to a man.
- by shortening 1845–50
DOC,
- GovernmentSee Department of Commerce.
doc., pl. docs.
- document.
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doc /dɒk/ n
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DOC abbreviation for
- Denominazione di Origine Controllata: used of wines
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'doc' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
clipped form
- DMs
- Doc Martens
- Duvalier
- Haiti
- banking principle
- barefoot doctor
- Brezhnev Doctrine
- currency principle
- Department of Commerce
- docent
- docile
- dock
- docosahexaenoic acid
- doctor
- Doctor Faustus
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctor of the Church
- doctor's degree
- doctrinaire
- doctrinal
- doctrinal theology
- document
- documentary
- documentation
- Ex. Doc.
- eye doctor
- fairness doctrine
- family doctor
- fish doctor
- flying doctor
- foot doctor
- H. Doc.
- herb doctor
- house doctor
- Misc. Doc.
- Modoc
- Monroe Doctrine
- Mus.D.
- Nixon Doctrine
- play doctor
- root doctor
- Truman Doctrine
- well-documented
- witch doctor
- script doctor
- S. Doc.
- self-doctrine
- silver doctor
- snake doctor
