doit /dɔɪt/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •(historical) A small Dutch coin, equivalent to one-eighth of a stiver.'"You got a lot of gold off Mr. Beauclerc," says Glascock. '"Not a doit more than I wanted," says he, laughing again. "And who, pray, had a better right—did not I murder him?" — 1863 •In jazz music, a note that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically upwards.Jazz symbols include many contoured articulations and inflections, such as doits, fall-offs, and scoops. — 1995 •(no longer used) A small amount; a bit, a jot.[…] when they will not giue a doit to relieue a lame Begger, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian: […] — 1610 verb1 •(Scotland, rare) To stumble; to blunder. formsdoited · doiting · doits
