Noun
DIY (usually uncountable, plural DIYs)
- Initialism of do it yourself.
1990, David Cohen, Being a Man:According to market research, many men list DIY as one of their main hobbies.
Translations
- Finnish: TSI (rare; "tee se itse" is more common)
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Verb
DIY (third-person singular simple present DIYs, present participle DIYing or DIY-ing, simple past and past participle DIYed)
- To perform oneself a task usually relegated to an expert.
- 2007 [publication date], Maggie Bullock, "Home Improvement", Elle, January 2008 ed., page 108,
- Huber was a physicist. Even top Estée Lauder chemists who took over for Huber in 1995 found that... any attempt to cheat on his original formula produced disappointing results, which demands the question: If they couldn't DIY, can you?
2022 March 21, Bill Chappell, “SWIFT, hedgehog, MiG: Here's a guide to the terms of war in Ukraine”, in SPECIAL SERIES: Ukraine invasion — explained, NPR, retrieved 2022-03-21:Ukrainian civilians have been DIY-ing hedgehogs, welding two bars or beams at an angle to make a cross and then adding a third to ensure it holds its shape even if it's knocked over.
Adjective
DIY (comparative more DIY, superlative most DIY)
- Do-it-yourself.
Do you know where I could find a DIY pipe repair kit?
2008, Sami Finne, Hanna Sivonen, chapter 4, in The Retail Value Chain: How to Gain Competitive Advantage through Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) Strategies, page 154:The product knowledge of salespeople is very high, which enables them to serve the demanding customer groups such as professional painters and builders, in addition to the usual DIY consumers.
2016, Michael Croland, Oy Oy Oy Gevalt! Jews and Punk: Jews and Punk:That is more DIY, more punk, anyway.
2021 April 19, “Thai monk who beheaded himself with guillotine to reach nirvana may have been misguided: Buddhist authority”, in Coconuts Bangkok, Bangkok: Coconuts, retrieved 2021-04-20:A temple abbot who used a DIY guillotine to behead himself in hope of attaining enlightenment might have misinterpreted some things along the way, Thailand’s religious authorities said yesterday.
Translations
of or pertaining to do it yourself
Pronunciation
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Verb
DIY (Taiwanese Mandarin, Hong Kong Cantonese)
- to DIY; to do it yourself
- (euphemistic) to masturbate
Synonyms
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Variety
| Location
| Words |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) |
手淫, 自慰, 自瀆, 自撫, 自淫 |
Northeastern Mandarin |
Taiwan |
打手槍, 打槍, 尻槍, 尻手槍, 尻尻, 尻, 自慰, DIY |
Singapore |
打手槍, 打飛機 |
Jiaoliao Mandarin |
Yantai (Muping) |
擼鴨子, 擼管兒 |
Southwestern Mandarin |
Liuzhou |
打手銃 |
Cantonese |
Hong Kong |
打飛機, 打J, J, 打丁, 搵五姑娘, DIY |
Singapore (Guangfu) |
打飛機 |
Hakka |
Meixian |
打手銃 |
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) |
打手銃, 打飛機 |
Huidong (Daling) |
打手銃 |
Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
打水銃 |
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) |
摸𡳞 |
Changting |
打手銃 |
Wuping |
搞𡳞 |
Wuping (Pingyu) |
搞𡳞 |
Liancheng |
打手銃 |
Yudu |
打手銃 |
Ruijin |
打手銃 |
Shangyou (Shexi) |
打手銃 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) |
打手銃 |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) |
打手槍 |
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) |
打手銃 |
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) |
打手銃 |
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) |
打手銃 |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) |
打手銃, 洩手銃 |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) |
打手銃 |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) |
打手銃, 洩手銃 |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) |
打手銃, 洩手銃 |
Jin |
Pingyao |
耍㞗兒 |
Northern Min |
Jian'ou |
𢫦草屩 |
Southern Min |
Xiamen |
拍手銃 |
Quanzhou |
拍手銃 |
Zhangzhou |
拍手銃 |
Zhao'an |
拍手銃 |
Taipei (Wanhua) |
拍手銃 |
Kaohsiung |
拍手銃 |
Yilan |
拍手銃 |
Changhua (Lukang) |
拍手銃 |
Taichung |
拍手銃 |
Taichung (Wuqi) |
拍手銃 |
Tainan |
拍手銃 |
Taitung |
拍手銃 |
Hsinchu |
拍手銃 |
Penghu (Magong) |
拍手銃 |
Penang (Hokkien) |
拍手銃 |
Singapore (Hokkien) |
拍手銃 |
Manila (Hokkien) |
拍手銃 |
Jieyang |
敲手銃 |
Leizhou |
拍手銃 |
Wu |
Shanghai |
搓卵 dated |
Ningbo |
打手銃 |
Xiang |
Loudi |
打手銃 |
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Dialectal synonyms of
手淫 (“(of a male) to masturbate; to jerk off”)
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