DC

proper noun

1. 1

   Variant of District of ColumbiaInitialism of District of Columbia, a federal district of the United States of America.

   Coleman, who previously broke quorum but did not join others in DC due to a recent leg amputation, gave the invocation Thursday, saying in part, “I pray that we, all of us look inside about where we want this world to go, this state, this House, and look at it from the perspective of trying to find as much common ground as can be found.”

2. 2

   Variant of Douglas CommercialInitialism of Douglas Commercial, used in the names of airliners designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.

3. 3

   Variant of Dubai CityInitialism of Dubai City, to distinguish it from Dubai Emirate.

4. 4

   Variant of DreamcastInitialism of Dreamcast, a home videogaming console from SEGA.

5. 5

   Variant of DC ComicsEllipsis of DC Comics: Initialism of Detective Comics.

6. 6

   Variant of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical PrinciplesInitialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; clipping of DCHP.

7. 7

   Variant of DiscordinformalAbbreviation of Discord.

noun

1. 1

   Variant of district courtInitialism of district court.

2. 2

   Variant of direct currentInitialism of direct current.

3. 3

   Variant of doctor of chiropracticInitialism of doctor of chiropractic.

   Dr. Keith Kimberlin for example, who recently shared video in which he claimed that most sunscreen “is toxic” and “more dangerous than [sun]burning,” is a chiropractor with a doctorate of chiropractic degree (DC).

4. 4

   Variant of debit cardInitialism of debit card.

5. 5

   Variant of disease controlInitialism of disease control.

6. 6

   Variant of detective constableInitialism of detective constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.

7. 7

   Variant of defined contributionsInitialism of defined contributions.

8. 8

   Variant of device contextInitialism of device context.

9. 9

   Variant of difficulty classInitialism of difficulty class.

10. 10

    Variant of disconnection/disconnectInitialism of disconnection/disconnect.

    I am getting huge lag spikes […] they are bad and long enough where you think it's a DC.

11. 11

    Variant of district commissionerInitialism of district commissioner.

    The DC reasoned that since it was only the ancestrals who had a problem with the incident, they should supply the bulls necessary to purify the forest.

12. 12

    Variant of disciplinary controlInitialism of disciplinary control.

    I'd give my state pay for the next year just to be held for a few minutes without fear of being put in DC

13. 13

    Variant of distribution centerInitialism of distribution center.

adverb

1. 1

   Variant of da capoInitialism of da capo.

2. 2

   Variant of diagonally to the centerInitialism of diagonally to the center.

adjective

1. 1

   Variant of direct codedInitialism of direct coded.

verb

1. 1

   To become disconnected from a network.

   Since the patch I have been randomly DCing and it's at times completely game-breaking. For example,just now my Paladin was questing in Thou Needles, and I DC'd several times within a few minutes.

2. 2

   Variant of discontinueAbbreviation of discontinue.

   med dc'd

Forms

plural

DCs

past tense

DCd, DCed, DC'd, DC'ed

past participle

DCd, DCed, DC'd, DC'ed

present participle

DCing, DC'ing

third person singular

DCs, DC's