dough

noun

ˈdō 

1

: a mixture that consists essentially of flour or meal and a liquid (such as milk or water) and is stiff enough to knead or roll

2

: something resembling dough especially in consistency

3

: money

doesn't have much dough

4

military : doughboy

doughlike

ˈdō-ˌlīk 

adjective

Synonyms of dough

• money
• cash
• coin
• currency

Examples of dough in a Sentence

I don't have much dough.

didn't have to spend a lot of dough for a new stereo

Recent Examples on the Web

This flavorful, weeknight-easy pizza embraces shortcut ingredients like refrigerated dough, purchased tikka masala sauce, and rotisserie chicken. —Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 24 May 2026

All of them could use improvement, at the very least fresh ideas geared to the fan rather than to whatever entity is willing to shell out the most dough for broadcast or marketing rights or whatever. —Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 23 May 2026

Beneath are notes of sugar-cookie dough and gentle baking spices, giving it a sweet, dessert-leaning profile. —Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026

In addition to using a rotisserie chicken from the deli, these two-bite pies also use convenient refrigerated crescent dough for an easy take on the classic dish. —Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 21 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English doh, dogh, dowe, going back to Old English dāg, going back to Germanic *daiga- (whence Middle Dutch deech "dough," Old High German teig, Old Norse deig, deigr, Gothic daigs), ablaut derivative from the base of *digan-, *dīgan- "to knead, shape" (whence Gothic digan, gadigan "to knead, form from clay"), going back to Indo-European *d^hei̯ǵ^h- "knead, shape" — more at feign

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for dough

• beau
• beaut
• beaux
• blow
• bro
• coe
• crow
• doe
• doh
• eau
• eaux
• faux

Kids Definition

dough

noun

ˈdō 

1

: a soft mass of moistened flour or meal thick enough to knead or roll

2

: something resembling dough especially in consistency

3

: money sense 1a

doughy

ˈdō-ē

adjective