duet

noun

/djuˈɛt/

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Italian duetto (“short musical composition for two voices”), diminutive of due (“two”).

A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument…
A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
A song composed for and/or performed by a duo.
3
A pair or couple, especially one that is harmonious or elegant.
- The fare is Caribbean with an Asian touch — millefeuille of sun-dried tomato, Paris mushrooms and chargrilled local asparagus followed by a duet of chicken and shrimp...
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1. 4
  To perform a duet.
  - He was about as accordantly coupled with Dr. Middleton in discourse as a drum duetting with a bass-viol […]
  - ‘Ti-yi-yi-yime is on my side, yes it is,’ I used to yodel, duetting with Mick Jagger as I gyrated alone in my student room.
2. 5
  To communicate (warnings, mating calls, etc.) through song.
  - 1975, Edward O. Wilson, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, Belknap Press, p. 223, Duetting species are typically monogamous.
3. 6
  To perform (sing, play, etc.) as a duet.
  - Peena and Queena are duetting a giggle-for-giggle […]
  - After the Lord's Prayer the Missionaries duetted a hymn while the children stared at me.
4. 7
  (of two people) To say at the same time, to chorus.
  - “My dear papa!” duetted the girls; but there was something in the husband and father's face, that told the three ladies it would be worse than useless to raise that question at present.
5. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA