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Definition: Doolittle |
DoolittleNoun1. United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Doolittle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
Synonyms: DoolittleSynonyms: James Harold Doolittle (n), Jimmy Doolittle (n). (additional references) |
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 | Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle (left front), leader of the attacking force, and Captain Marc A. Mitscher, Commanding Officer of USS Hornet (CV-8), pose with a 500-pound bomb and USAAF aircrew members during ceremonies on Hornet's flight deck, while the raid task force was en route to the launching point. Credit: NAVY. |  | Refueling from USS Cimarron (AO-22), during the Doolittle Raid operation. Photographed from USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). The original photo caption states that this view was taken on 18 April 1942, the day the Doolittle Raid aircraft were launched to attack targets in Japan. Note that Northampton's forward smokestack had been reduced in height by this time. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Is christened by Mrs. James H. Doolittle, during launching ceremonies at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, 24 February 1944. Rear Admiral Felix X. Gygax, the Navy Yard Commandant, is in the foreground, holding a microphone close to the sponsor's champagne bottle as it smashes into the new carrier's bow. Credit: NAVY. |  | Arrives at Pearl Harbor after the Doolittle Raid on Japan, 30 April 1942. PT-28 and PT-29 are speeding by in the foreground. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Cuts close across the stern of USS Enterprise (CV-6) while operating at sea in the Hawaiian area, 8 April 1942, the day that Enterprise departed to take part in the Doolittle raid on Japan. SBD scout-bombers of Bombing Squadron Six (VB-6) are being spotted aft on the carrier's flight deck. Credit: NAVY. |  | Federal Hall, The Seat of Congress / Peter Lacour delin. ; A. Doolittle sculpt. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A display of the United States of America / Amos Doolittle. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Doolittle" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 65.38% of the time. "Doolittle" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 65.38% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (singular) | 23.08% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 11.54% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 26 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Doolittle" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Doolittle | Last name | 3,000 | 4,649 |
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1. Doolittle, MO (city, FIPS 19828) |
Expressions using "Doolittle": Doolittle technique ♦ James Harold Doolittle ♦ Jimmy Doolittle. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Danish | Doolittle-viskosimeter (Doolittle viscosimeter, Doolittle viscosimetre), Doolittles metode (Doolittle technique). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Doolittle-viscosimeter (Doolittle viscosimeter, Doolittle viscosimetre), oplossingstechniek van Doolittle (Doolittle technique). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Doolittlen viskosimetri (Doolittle viscosimeter, Doolittle viscosimetre), Doolittlen tekniikka (Doolittle technique). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | viscosimètre torsion de Doolittle (Doolittle viscosimeter, Doolittle viscosimetre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Doolittle-Technik (Doolittle technique), Viskosimeter nach Doolittle (Doolittle viscosimeter, Doolittle viscosimetre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ιξωδόμετρο Doolittle (Doolittle viscosimeter, Doolittle viscosimetre), τεχνική Doolittle (Doolittle technique). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tecnica di Doolittle (Doolittle technique). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oolittleday viscosímetro de torção (Doolittle viscosimeter, Doolittle viscosimetre), viscosímetro de Doolittle (Doolittle viscosimeter, Doolittle viscosimetre), técnica de Doolittle (Doolittle technique). (various references) viscosímetro de torsión de Doolittle (Doolittle viscosimeter, Doolittle viscosimetre), técnica de Doolittle (Doolittle technique). (various references) Doolittle-viskosimeter (Doolittle viscosimeter, Doolittle viscosimetre), Doolittle-metoden (Doolittle technique), Doolittlemetoden (Doolittle technique). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-l-l-o-o-t-t" | |
-2 letters: tootled. | |
-3 letters: doolie, dottel, dottle, lilted, little, looted, lotted, oolite, tilled, tilted, titled, toiled, toilet, toited, toledo, tolled, tooled, tooted, tootle. | |
-4 letters: ditto, looed, looie, lotte, lotto, oiled, oldie, ootid, teloi, tilde, tiled, title, toile, toled, toted. | |
-5 letters: deil, deli, dell, delt, diel, diet, dill, diol, dite, doit, dole, doll, dolt, dote, edit, idle. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-l-l-o-o-t-t" | |
+1 letter: rototilled. | |
+3 letters: bloodletting. | |
+4 letters: bloodlettings. | |
+5 letters: allotetraploid, dialectologist. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101111 01101111 01101100 01101001 01110100 01110100 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D o o l i t t l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 006F 006F 006C 0069 0074 0074 006C 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)388181787586867871 |
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