adverb
doon
doon
adverb
1
A Scots dialect form of "down."
"Sit yersel doon by the fire."
preposition
1
A Scots dialect form of "down," meaning along or through a lower path.
"We walked doon the brae to the river."
How to Use Doon
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe Scots way of saying "down."
When to use it
Dialectal; found in Scots speech and writing rather than Standard English.
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Etymology
A Scots dialect variant of the English word "down."