Sekirov Dictionary

duet

/djuˈɛt/

verb 4
noun 3
forms 5

verb4

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To perform a duet.
- When you can spare time from duetting, coquetting, and claretting with your Hibernians of both sexes, let me have a line from you. — 1822
•
To communicate (warnings, mating calls, etc.) through song.
- Duetting species are typically monogamous. — 1975
•
To perform (sing, play, etc.) as a duet.
- Peena and Queena are duetting a giggle-for-giggle […] — 1939
•
(of two people) To say at the same time, to chorus.
- “My dear papa!” duetted the girls; but there was something in the husband and father's face, that told the three ladies it would be worse than useless to raise that question at present. — 1864

noun3

A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
A song composed for and/or performed by a duo.
•
A pair or couple, especially one that is harmonious or elegant.
- The fare is Caribbean with an Asian touch — millefeuille of sun-dried tomato, Paris mushrooms and chargrilled local asparagus followed by a duet of chicken and shrimp... — 2005

forms

dueted · duetted · dueting · duetting · duets

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