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Deke vs Dee - What's the difference?

deke | dee |

As nouns the difference between deke and dee

is that deke is a feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or other defender while dee is something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.

As verbs the difference between deke and dee

is that deke is to avoid, go around, or dodge an object, person, or conversation topic; often by using trickery while dee is to do.

As a proper noun Dee is

a river in Scotland that flows about 145 km (90 mi) from the Cairngorm Mountains to the North Sea at Aberdeen.

deke

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (ice hockey) A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or other defender.
  • (ice hockey) A series of feints, fakes, or other moves made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or other defender.
  • (Canada, slang) A quick detour.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (Canada) To avoid, go around, or dodge an object, person, or conversation topic; often by using trickery.
  • (in hockey) To execute a deke .

    • Anagrams

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    dee

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A river in Scotland that flows about 145 km (90 mi) from the Cairngorm Mountains to the North Sea at Aberdeen.
  • A river in Wales and England that flows about 113 km (70 mi) from Snowdonia to the Irish Sea near Liverpool.
  • A female given name, short for names beginning with a "D".

    • Quotations

    * : IV: xi: 39: *: And following Dee , which Britons long ygone *: Did call divine, that doth by Chester tend;

    Derived terms

    * Deeside * Miller of Dee

    See also

    * English diminutives of female given names ----