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do-si-do /ˌdəʊzɪˈdəʊ / /ˌdəʊsɪˈdəʊ/(also do-se-do) noun (plural do-si-dos)(In country dancing) a figure in which two dancers pass round each other back to back and return to their original positions.Not only will we not be cheek-to-cheek, you will not get so much as a do-si-do....- If the articles do not reveal awareness of relevant prior work, then they are unlikely to constitute a step forward in our scholarly do-si-do.
- With a half-dozen pupils in the field, he's constantly being passed, do-si-do, from partner to partner on the range.
verb [no object]Dance a do-si-do: a hundred flushed women were do-si-doing to the music...- More than 500 children from the borough's primary schools do-si-doed to their hearts' content at the annual folk dance festival last Wednesday.
- At last, she spoke, as they do-si-doed and began to weave in and out with the other couples.
- They were avid square-dancers, often do-si-doing with fellow church members.
Origin 1920s (originally US): alteration of dos-à-dos. Rhymes aglow, ago, alow, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou |