DT

Initialism of Daily Telegraph.

Proper noun

  1. Initialism of Daily Telegraph.

Noun

  1. Initialism of defensive tackle.
  2. Abbreviation of (police) detective.
    • She told him, "Get off it," and a bunch of other more shit / Getting money, DTs be getting no new leads - 2004, MF DOOM, “One Beer”, in MM..FOOD:
  3. Initialism of design and technology.
  4. Abbreviation of dethermalizer.
  5. Initialism of digital television.

    Synonyms: DTV

  6. Initialism of device tree.
  7. Initialism of delirium tremens.
    • She knew, because she had held him, that he suffered DT's. Behind the initials was a metaphor, a delirium tremens, a trembling unfurrowing of the mind's ploughshare. - 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The...
  8. Initialism of diphtheria and tetanus (a type of combination vaccine).
  9. Abbreviation of detention.
    • 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...
    • There were five people in DT, and we were all seventh graders. ¶ “Hurry up, Mr. Sprague. Look busy.” Mr. Waddell sported his mean look. - 1993, Martyn Godfrey, Please Remove Your Elbow from My Ear, New York, NY: Avon...
  10. Abbreviation of drug test.
  11. Initialism of deep-throating.

Forms

DTs DT. Dt. Dt D/T

Hyponyms

DTP