dough
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Sense 1
Meaning · English
Money.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
His mortgage payments left him short on dough.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Sense 2
Meaning · English
Clipping of doughboy (“an infantryman”).
Register: slang
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “dough” mean?
Money.
Is “dough” formal or informal?
dough is generally slang.