(music) Asong composed for and/or performed by aduo.
Apair orcouple, especially one that is harmonious or elegant.
2005, James Henderson,Caribbean and the Bahamas:
The fare is Caribbean with an Asian touch — millefeuille of sun-dried tomato, Paris mushrooms and chargrilled local asparagus followed by aduet of chicken and shrimp...
1822,Lord Byron, Letter toMr. Moore, Pisa, July 12, 1822, inThe Letters of George Gordon Byron, edited byMathilde Blind, London: Walter Scott, 1887, p. 277,[1]
When you can spare time fromduetting,coquetting, and claretting with your Hibernians of both sexes, let me have a line from you.
1975,Edward O. Wilson,Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, Belknap Press, p. 223,
Duetting species are typically monogamous.
1986,Thomas A. Sebeok, chapter 7, inI Think I Am a Verb: More Contributions to the Doctrine of Signs[3], New York: Springer Science+Business, published2013, page87:
In several dozen species of birds there has been found a phenomenon known asduetting, or antiphonal singing: the first part of a song is executed by one partner of a pair, then the other partner very promptly chimes in to sing the second part.
1864,Charles Whitehead, “The Stock-Broker”, inHeads of the People: or, Portraits of the English[5], volume I, London: Henry G. Bohn, page23:
“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.
1884, Anonymous,A Speculation, Denver: D. M. Richards, Chapter 12, p. 50,[6]
“A bear!” exclaimed the Major, jumping up and coming forward.
“A bear!”dueted the Doctor and Right Rev., pressing hastily to the front.
