Doughboy is an English word with synonyms like infantryman or marcher. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Doughboy meaning
- An American infantryman, especially one from World War I.
- A kind of flour dumpling.
- Frybread.
Synonyms of Doughboy
Using Doughboy
- The main meaning on this page is: An American infantryman, especially one from World War I. | A kind of flour dumpling. | Frybread.
- Useful related words include: infantryman, marcher, foot soldier, footslogger.
Context around Doughboy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Doughboy
- In this selection, "doughboy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pillsbury, american, stadium, provided and cowpunch stand out and add context to how "doughboy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an american doughboy in action and dj doughboy provided the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "doughboy" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with doughboy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
DJ Doughboy provided the sounds. (5 words)
The current DJ lineup includes No Left Turn, Super K, Doughboy, Cowpunch, and Alice Blue. (15 words)
The morning of May 11, around 7,000 people packed into Doughboy Stadium, the fort’s horseshoe-shaped football field, for the renaming ceremony. (24 words)
Will he nominate Joy Behar to be Secretary of State, Rob Reiner to head Housing and Urban Development, Lori Lightfoot to be Ambassador to Ukraine, and the Pillsbury Doughboy to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services? (40 words)
Various countries also donated prizes, with the winner of the rifle shooting competition getting a statue from Pershing of an American doughboy in action during the war. (27 words)
The morning of May 11, around 7,000 people packed into Doughboy Stadium, the fort’s horseshoe-shaped football field, for the renaming ceremony. (24 words)
Will he nominate Joy Behar to be Secretary of State, Rob Reiner to head Housing and Urban Development, Lori Lightfoot to be Ambassador to Ukraine, and the Pillsbury Doughboy to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services? (40 words)
Example sentences (5)
The morning of May 11, around 7,000 people packed into Doughboy Stadium, the fort’s horseshoe-shaped football field, for the renaming ceremony.
Will he nominate Joy Behar to be Secretary of State, Rob Reiner to head Housing and Urban Development, Lori Lightfoot to be Ambassador to Ukraine, and the Pillsbury Doughboy to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?
DJ Doughboy provided the sounds.
Various countries also donated prizes, with the winner of the rifle shooting competition getting a statue from Pershing of an American doughboy in action during the war.
The current DJ lineup includes No Left Turn, Super K, Doughboy, Cowpunch, and Alice Blue.