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dough

A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.

Pizza dough is very stretchy.
Origin: From , dogh, dagh, from , from , from . Cognate with , dauch, dough, , dough, , , , , , , , , , , . The derivation of the second meaning (of money) is obscure, but dates to the mid 19th century. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Yep, if it makes her enough dough, she'd probably consider that.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Berkley PowerBait Natural Glitter Trout Fishing Dough Bait #garlic #berkley #powerbait”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Did you know Nigeria’s🇳🇬 fufu is not a single dish but a method of preparing starchy foods? In Nigeria, fufu can be made from cassava, yam, or plantain, pounded or processed into a smooth dough and served with soups like egusi or ogbono. It is traditionally eaten by hand.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(slang) Money.

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  • “What idiot called it influencer money and not TikTok Dough”

His mortgage payments left him short on dough.
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  • “What idiot called it influencer money and not TikTok Dough”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “The dough is mixed with binder and extruded in about 15 mins. To clean, the lid goes into the dishwasher, the extruder head into the freezer left over dough can all be popped out next time and the rest is semi dry dough that is easily knocked off the other bits. So under 25 mins.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Love this zanka face. What a good zanka face. I drum it like a ball of dough”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “And how much time to make the pasta dough and clean after everything?”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “This was the loaf. Not sour dough. But it's homemade yeast and home milled grains mixed with mauri flour”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026

(transitive) To make into dough.

The flour was doughed with a suitable quantity of water.
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