derring-do

1. 1.

   brave and heroic feats

   Broaderfeat

Questions about derring-do

What does derring-do mean?

derring-do means "brave and heroic feats".

How many syllables are in derring-do?

derring-do has 3 syllables and divides as der-ring--do under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is derring-do a common word?

derring-do is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.