Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see doctor, -'s, orders. / (Britain, bingo) The number nine.

(business, politics) A person employed to gloss over a poor public image (or present it in a better light) in business and politics, especially after unfavourable results have been achieved. A lobbyist; PR person.

(idiomatic, transitive) To generate spin (favourable interpretation or bias).

(Australia) The sea breeze that blows from the Indian Ocean over Perth, Western Australia.

A professional who is called in to revise a play written by someone else.

To pretend to be doctor and patient as a form of child play.

(chiefly US) An optometrist or ophthalmologist.

A practitioner of family medicine.

A professional doctorate in law, and in some countries, a first professional graduate degree.

One who practices voodoo.