Definitions for derring-do

derring-do der·ring-do

Spelling: [der-ing-doo]
IPA: /ˈdɛr ɪŋˈdu/

Derring-Do is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 278 anagrams from letters in derring-do (-ddeginorr).

Definitions for derring-do

noun

  1. daring deeds; heroic daring.

Origin of derring-do

1325-75; Middle English durring-do literally, daring to do, erroneously taken as noun phrase. See dare, do1

Examples for derring-do

Having yourself immortalized with a paunch indicated you were wealthy/held high office/were involved in derring-do.

She fell in love with Colonel Charles Doughty-Wylie, a soldier with a record of derring-do with appropriate movie star looks.

To that complexion of mean fraud did the old smuggling traditions of courage, adventure, and derring-do come at last!

High diving, however, is more than an exhibition of derring-do.

Like Ivanhoe in the castle, he chafed at his compulsory inaction while others were doing "deeds of derring-do."

Usually they trade sniffles and exaggerated stories of late night derring-do; now they are exchanging enterovirus EV-68.

Of deeds of derring-do for the saving of life our square-set friend was full.

None of it fitted his preconceived notions of an Indian fight, with bullets flying thick and fast and deeds of derring-do.

We can watch your deeds of derring-do from here through the glasses.

The research describes the derring-do of a team of scientists working at University of East Anglia.

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