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- 1 A nickname for a medical doctor, a person with an advanced educational degree, or a learned person.
"I'm not feeling too well, Doc."
- 2 Initialism of Department of Commerce. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Once the scoping meeting has been held and after the public comment period closes, the Commissioner of the DOC will issue a scoping decision describing the issues and alternatives that will be evaluated in the EA."
- 3 A common form of address for combat medics, especially naval hospital corpsmen. US, slang
"Doc was awarded a Navy Cross after she ran through a minefield to get to an injured marine."
- 1 A doctor. informal
"One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation."
- 2 A document, especially (in professional jargon) a piece of technical documentation or legal evidence. informal, plural-normally
"[see title]"
- 3 A documentary. informal
"If you think watching a doc about a spelling bee isn't the most entertaining way to spend ninety minutes, think again."
- 4 Clipping of doctorate. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
- 5 A Doc Marten shoe or boot. plural-normally, slang
"Nice pair of Docs you've got on there, bro!"
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- 6 Any of several controlled designations of origin for wine, cheese, or other products
"Near-synonym: AOC"
- 7 the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913 wordnet
- 8 Any of several controlled designations of origin for wine, cheese, or other products:; Initialism of Denominazione di origine controllata. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 9 a licensed medical practitioner wordnet
- 10 Any of several controlled designations of origin for wine, cheese, or other products:; Initialism of Dénomination d'origine contrôlée. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 11 Any of several controlled designations of origin for wine, cheese, or other products:; Initialism of Denominação de Origem Controlada. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 12 Initialism of drug of choice. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 13 Initialism of Department of Corrections. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 14 Initialism of dissolved organic carbon. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Etymology
Clipping of doctor.
Clipping of document.
Clipping of documentary.
Clipping of doctorate.
From doctor by shortening.
From doctor by shortening.
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