da
nounnouninterjectionarticleinterjectioncommon in dialogue
- //dɑː//
- //diː//
- //dʌ//
- //də//
Father.
noun
- 1
Father.
“Dear, but you're like your grandmother!” she continued, patting the little girl's head. “Many a penny's worth I sold to your da, when he was weer than you are.”
Oh where is yer da son? The man said it to me and was grumpy. Is yer da here?
Once the silky gent who ran a barge called the Knuckle Sandwich tried to persuade Borglum's ma and da to sell him their little dwarfish boy for twelve gold coins.
I was twelve when the das started killing themselves all around me
Etymology
From child language; compare dad and dada.
noun
- 1
slangYes; an affirmative response.
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian да (da, “yes”). Doublet of too.
interjection
- 1
slangYes.
article
- 1
Variant of thePronunciation spelling of the.
Da New York Times
Da Bears
"So I catch you. You stealer! Ho! Ho!" He seized the girl's wrist. "No, no, you don't run. Hey! Where is-a da cop?"
They are both holding onto their caps in the stiff breeze, and Zang is shouting, "Where is da main hotel going to be?"
Etymology
Representing pronunciation of the in informal speech.
interjection
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A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
You know that tune that goes "da da da di-dum di-dum"?
Etymology
Imitative.
Forms
- plural
- das