different between dow vs dox

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Etymology 1

From Middle English douen, from Old English dugan, from Proto-Germanic *dugan?.

Verb

dow (third-person singular simple present dows, present participle dowing, simple past and past participle dowed or dought)

1. (obsolete) To be worth.
2. (obsolete) To be of use, have value.
3. (obsolete) To have the strength for, to be able to.
4. (obsolete) To thrive, prosper.

Etymology 2

From Middle English dowen, from Old French douer, from Latin d?t?.

Verb

dow (third-person singular simple present dows, present participle dowing, simple past and past participle dowed)

2. To furnish with a dower; to endow.

Etymology 3

Noun

dow (plural dows)

1. Alternative form of dhow

Anagrams

• owd

German Low German

Etymology

Cognate with English deaf. The second meaning stems from the old misconception that dumb or deaf people were mentally disabled. German doof is taken from this word.

Adjective

dow

1. deaf
2. dumb (not clever)

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish dam (“ox, stag”).

Noun

dow m (genitive singular ?, plural dew)

1. ox
2. stag, hart

Middle English

Noun

dow

1. Alternative form of dogh

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch dauw.

Noun

dow

1. dew

English

Alternative forms

• doxx

Etymology

Phonetic respelling of docs, which is a short form of documents.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ks

Noun

dox pl (plural only)

1. (slang) Documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc.).
   • 1995, "J Eric Chard", Will Vinton's Playmation (on newsgroup comp.graphics.animation)

     Why is it that, even after DECADES of carping from Jerry Pournelle, software companies STILL don't hire competent professionals to write their dox?

   • 2002, "X", this is getting old (on newsgroup houston.general)

     its ok, someone emailed me his address, phone #, ss#, the works. seems theres^[sic] someone out there that dislikes him more than i do. i cant wait to hear how many people have his dox now. this should be really interesting...

   • 2004, "Andrew D Kirch", Here is something that will work for the rest of us (on newsgroup news.admin.net-abuse.email)

     judging by the lack of the 6 it would appear we have our spammer here, LETS^[sic] PULL HIS DOX!

Verb

dox (third-person singular simple present doxes, present participle doxing, simple past and past participle doxed)

1. Alternative form of doxx (“publish the personal information of (an individual) on the Internet”)

See also

• hax
• vax

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?uh?s- (compare Old Irish donn (“dark”), Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit ???? (dh?sara, “dust-colored”)), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewh?- (“smoke, mist, haze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doks/

Adjective

dox

1. dark, swarthy

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: dosk
  • English: dusk