Dd Definition & Meaning

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  • dd 1 American

    abbreviation

    1. degree-day.

    2. delayed delivery.

    3. delivered.

    4. demand draft.

    5. double-deck.

    6. Shipbuilding. dry dock. dry-dock.

    DD 2 American

    abbreviation

    1. Biology, Ecology. data deficient.

    2. damage dealer: (in a video game) a category of job classes in a role-playing game, best suited to inflict large amounts of damage to an enemy: Also DPS

      If you need a DD, I have a level 49 Warrior, or a level 45 Hunter—if a ranged attack would be better.

    3. dear/darling daughter (used, especially by women, in digital communications to refer to one's daughter).

      DD moving into her own apt today!

    4. designated driver.

    5. Department of Defense.

    6. dishonorable discharge.

    dd. 3 American

    abbreviation

    1. delivered.

    dd 4 American

    abbreviation

    1. Law. today's date.

    D.D. 5 American

    abbreviation

    1. demand draft.

    2. Doctor of Divinity.

    D/D 6 American

    abbreviation

    Commerce.
    1. days after date.

    DD British

    abbreviation

    1. Also: dd. direct debit

    2. Doctor of Divinity

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    Etymology

    Origin of dd

    From Latin dē datō

    Example Sentences

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    Mazin, who called himself a "devoted D&D fan" - the game series is based on the world of Dungeons and Dragons - said he decided to adapt the show after putting "nearly 1000 hours" into the latest game.

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    All the springboks playing baseball, the pandas who controlled the big wooden slides, even the nerdy pangolins who played D&D in the shade of the library.

    From Literature

    We made a little fort in the D&D basement.

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    D. D. Lewis:, external American Hall of Fame football player was a Super Bowl champion with the Dallas Cowboys in 1972 and 1978.

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    For the best “D&D” games, no matter how serious, tense or dramatic they may get, are always a bit silly, or at least they are to me.

    From Los Angeles Times

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