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doh

doh

4 9.9
The first note of a major musical scale used to start singing
  • noun
  • /doʊ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : do
  • During music class, we learned that doh is the first note in the major scale.

Examples

  • In the movable-do system, the note doh is essential for singing in tune.

  • She started singing the scale with a clear doh to set the melody.

  • I've tried all these points, and more, to increase productivity, but your post brought them together in a "Doh!" moment for me.

    Blog text (5)

  • "Rhymes with Play-Doh," he said.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • I brought him new soft rugs, a cuddle animal pillow, a sensory ball, some Play-Doh, and a beanbag toss game for his peeps.

    Blog text (3)

  • But what I do remember is a can of red Play-Doh and how we had barely arrived and unpacked when I rolled and pressed the clay into the braided rug of the rental cottage.

    Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

do
vsdoh
  • Specialized
13 9.9

The syllable that names the first note of a major scale

is used as the starting pitch in the movable solmization system
ut
vsdoh
  • Archaic
9.9

A syllable that names the first note of a major scale, now often called do

is the modern syllable that replaced the older form

Compounds

high doh moment
  • Informal
9.9

A time when you make a silly, obvious mistake

high doh
  • Informal
9.9

A noisy, worrying situation that causes trouble or embarrassment

Play-Doh
2.7

A soft colorful material children shape with their hands to make objects

Surface Forms

doh singular
dohs plural

Etymology

Doh for the first note in a major scale comes from old singing syllables used to teach music, the same do you hear in 'do-re-mi'. It replaced an older syllable ut long ago, and it means the 'home' or starting note you return to in a song.