verb

doot

verb

A Scots dialect word meaning to doubt or suspect.

"I doot it'll rain before the match is over."

To tap or scan a smart card, especially on public transport.

"Don't forget to doot your card when you get off the bus."

noun

A short electronic beep, such as the sound a card reader makes.

"The turnstile let out a doot as her card scanned through."

How to Use Doot

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishEither an old Scots word for "doubt," or, in transit slang, the beep-and-tap of scanning a travel card.

When to use it

Both senses are informal or dialectal rather than standard written English.

Word Forms

dooted past tense, dooted past tense, doots plural, doots plural, doots plural, doots plural, doots singular, doots singular

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Etymology

The Scots sense is a dialect form of "doubt"; the electronic-beep sense is imitative, mimicking the tone a scanner makes, and later spread through Cantonese-influenced transit slang (from 嘟, dut¹).

Rhymes for doot

oot foot boot root moot loot coot hoot toot soot zoot shoot

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