dory
A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing…A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
» "Everything hunky-dory?" is a colloquial expression of dubious quality.
"Alles fit im Schritt?" ist ein umgangssprachlicher Ausdruck von zweifelhaftem Niveau.
Meaning
3 sensesA small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
Doriboot, Dorie, Dory
Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
A wooden pike or spear about three metres (ten feet) in length with a flat, leaf-shaped iron spearhead and a bronze butt-spike (called a sauroter), which was the main weapon of hoplites in Ancient Greece. It was usually not thrown but rather thrust at opponents with one hand.
- marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
- a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
- pike-like freshwater perches
Examples
2 sentences"Everything hunky-dory?" is a colloquial expression of dubious quality.
de"Alles fit im Schritt?" ist ein umgangssprachlicher Ausdruck von zweifelhaftem Niveau. — PeterR
Everything's hunky-dory.
deEs ist alles in Butter. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Attested in American English from 1709 C.E.; possibly derived from an indigenous languageAttested in American English from 1709 C.E.; possibly derived from an indigenous language of the West Indies or Central America, perhaps Miskito.
From Middle English dorry, from Old French doree, past participle of dorer (“to gild”), from Latin deauratus.
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Forms
plural: dories / dorataSynonyms
6 synonyms- a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled:dinghyrowboat
- pike-like freshwater perches:walleyewalleyed pikejack salmonStizostedion vitreum
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular