English Explanatory Dictionary

do the deed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To have sex.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to do a given deed.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-do the deed.wav

Word forms

do the deed does the deed doing the deed did the deed done the deed

Etymology

Earliest attested usage is from Middle English: 1340, Ayenbite of Inwyt "Ȝete þai ben al clene; Haue þai no dede y-done" ("Yet they are all clean; They have not had intercourse"); and in 1443, Reginald Pecock, The Rule of Christian Religion: "By force hath he..don that dede, That he hath reft hire of hire maydenhede." (By force he has done that deed, That he has deprived her of her virginity.)

Synonyms

copulate

Derived words

deedworthy
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