dough / dō/ • n. 1. a thick, malleable mixture of flour and liquid, used for baking into bread or pastry.2. inf. money: lots of dough.DERIVATIVES: dough·i·ness n.dough·y adj. (dough·i·er, dough·i·est) .ORIGIN: Old English dāg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch deeg and German Teig, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘smear, knead.’

dough OE. dāg = MLG. dēch (Du. deg), OHG. teic (G. teig), ON. deig, Goth. daigs :- Gmc. *daiʒaz, f. IE. base *dhoigh- *dheigh- *dhigh- smear, knead (so Goth. digan), whence also Skr. degdhi smears, L. fingere (see FICTION), Gr. teîkhos, toîkhos wall, Lith. dýẑti thrash.

dough Mixture of flour and liquid (water or milk) used to make bread and pastry. May contain yeast or baking powder as leavening agent.