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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Dor

· IPA /ˈdɔː(ɹ)/
01 n. A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied Am…
  1. 1.
    A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.(Zool.) Also: June bug, dorr, dorbeetle, dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, buzzard clock
02 n. A trick, joke, or deception.
  1. 1.
    A trick, joke, or deception.
Phrases & compounds
To give one the dor — to make a fool of him.
03 v. t. To make a fool of; to deceive.
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    To make a fool of; to deceive.[Obs.]