Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
dos-à-dos [doh-see-doh, -zi- for 1, 2; French doh-za-doh for 3] Word Origin noun, plural dos-à-dos [doh-see-dohz, -zi-] /ˈdoʊ siˈdoʊz, -zɪ-/.
verb (used with or without object), dos-à-dosed [doh-see-dohd] /ˈdoʊ siˈdoʊd/, dos-à-dos·ing [doh-see-doh-ing] /ˈdoʊ siˈdoʊ ɪŋ/.
- to do-si-do.
adverb
- Archaic. back to back.
Origin of dos-à-dos 1830–40; French: back to back British Dictionary definitions for dos-a-dos dos-à-dos noun
- a seat on which the users sit back to back
- an alternative spelling of do-si-do
Word Origin for dos-à-dos literally: back to back