Usually means: Effective chemical for repelling insects.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. deet: Merriam-Webster
  2. Deet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. deet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. DEET: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Deet, deet: Wordnik
  6. DEET: Wiktionary
  7. Deet: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. DEET: Dictionary.com
  9. DEET, Deet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. DEET: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  11. deet: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. DEET: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DEET: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. deet: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. DEET (diethyltoluamide): Merck Manuals
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. DEET: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  6. deet: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ka-BOOM! Comicbook Words on Historical Principles (No longer online)
  2. DEET: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Deet: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Chemical Fact Sheet (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Deet)

noun:  An insect repellent (chemical name N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide) that can be applied to skin or clothing.
noun:  A barangay of Tayum, Abra, Philippines.
noun:  (informal, usually in the plural) Abbreviation of detail. [(countable) A part small enough to escape casual notice.]

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