DT

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: Dt, dT, dt., dt', and ḏt

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Noun[edit]

DT (countable and uncountable, plural DTs)

  1. (American football, Canadian football) Initialism of defensive tackle.
  2. (law enforcement) Abbreviation of (police) detective.
  3. (education) Initialism of design and technology.
  4. (aviation) Abbreviation of dethermalizer.
  5. (television) Initialism of digital television.
    Synonym: DTV
  6. (psychiatry) Initialism of delirium tremens.
  7. (medicine) Initialism of diphtheria and tetanus (a type of combination vaccine).
  8. (slang) Abbreviation of detention.
    • 1974 Winter, Constance K. Lundberg, Kathryn L. Schuler, “Salt Lake County Juvenile Court – Focus on the Intake Officer, 1971–74”, in Journal of Contemporary Law[1], volume 1, number 1, page 49:
      If a child is dangerous, likely to run or if his parents cannot be found, he is placed in detention, often called DT. Detention officers may then release the child from detention as soon as his parents are contacted, or they may keep the child in DT until the next court day, when a detention hearing will be scheduled.
    • 1993, Martyn Godfrey, Please Remove Your Elbow from My Ear, New York, NY: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 11:
      There were five people in DT, and we were all seventh graders. ¶ “Hurry up, Mr. Sprague. Look busy.” Mr. Waddell sported his mean look.
  9. (slang) Abbreviation of drug test.

Alternative forms[edit]

Hyponyms[edit]

Coordinate terms[edit]

  • (vaccine): Td

Proper noun[edit]

DT

  1. Initialism of Daily Telegraph.

Anagrams[edit]

German[edit]

Noun[edit]

DT

  1. Abbreviation of Dachterrasse.

Japanese[edit]

Noun[edit]

DT(どうてい) (dōtei

  1. (slang) Abbreviation of 童貞 (dōtei).

Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Noun[edit]

DT m or f by sense (plural DT)

  1. (Latin America, soccer) Initialism of director técnico m., directora técnica f (manager (UK), coach (US))
    Synonyms: (Spain) entrenador m, entrenadora f