Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal A father.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A father; papa.
- To dash; throw; scatter.
- In coal-mining, to mix (fire-damp) with atmospheric air to such an extent that it becomes incapable of exploding.
- To fall forcibly.
- n. A lump; a large piece: as, a dad of bread.
Wiktionary
- n. informal A father, a male parent.
- n. familiar Used to address one's father
- n. slang Used to address an older adult male
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Father; -- a word sometimes used by children.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
Etymologies
- From Middle English dadd, dadde, perhaps of Celtic origin, compare Welsh, Breton and Gaelic dad, tad; possibly related to Russian дядя ("uncle"). (Wiktionary)
- Of baby-talk origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“About the entire my dad has cool CDs even though he is my * dad*.”
“When your dad is a mailman and your mom is a hippie, you get an education any way you can, Steve.”
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“Mine was one of the first white families to move here in the middle of the race riots while I was a baby (my dad is a teacher).”
The Huffington Post: Greatest Person Of The Day: Elisabeth Mason, CEO and Co-Founder of Single Stop
“Because my dad is a neat freak and he would be so upset if he knew I'd let some soap scum accumulate on the shower, or toothpaste gum up the sink.”
“Give us a break, your dad is a criminal, not only because of this recent scandal but his envolvement with Halliburton, That's one reason Cheney wanted the Iraq War, so he could get his company in there and make all that money off the lives of our men and women in service ....... he should also be Tried for Murder (For every man and woman that has died in Iraq)”
“Yes | No | Report from shermanator wrote 5 weeks 4 days ago my dad is a teacher and loves it because we always take a couple of kids hunting afterwards so i love and i hope to become a teacher to help pass it on cause its a cool thing to do”
“They dont seem to like me all that much but my dad is a different story.”
“His sergeant early on says, 'Listen, you're not going to get any special quota because your dad is the commissioner and you went to Harvard,'" the 31-year-old Estes says.”
Blue Bloods' Will Estes: Secret Society Twist Is Like The Godfather
“To start off my dad is an opening weekend hunter, rifle only.”
“Catherine,,, when you need his strength … just close your eyes – and your dad is there with you.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dad’.
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EN - 3-letter words of the pattern CVC
With the exception of abbreviations and mosaic words all types of words (proper names, past tense of verbs, etc.) are allowed.
for, was, not, his, but, has, had, can, her, him, new, now and 339 more...
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Noteworthy Words
Here I have in mind a list of words that could be spelled with only the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and G--and thus could also be played as a tune on the piano.
face, ace, bag, cage, bad, fad, fade, fee, gee, beg, fed, deaf and 98 more...
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Words that are also movies
Unabashedly stolen from a comment made by courier12.
vertigo, serendipity, casablanca, psycho, jaws, fantasia, stagecoach, network, rocky, giant, platoon, unforgiven and 285 more...
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POL - What is Mitt talking about?
Key terms from Mitt Romney's election campaign
good and generous..., hard fought election, go back to work, optimistic and po..., confident in the ..., optimism, uniquely American, nation of immigrants, want a better life, life in that plac..., pursuit of the ri..., richness of this ... and 369 more...
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emordnilap
reviled, loot, no, ta, rat, part, pit, stop, spat, ten, mad, mart and 108 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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WF - palindromes
Yay, wow, waw, Utu, tut-tut, tut, tot, toot, TNT, Tet, tenet, tat and 91 more...
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Palindromes
left to right to right to left.
esssse, dad, mom, tit, tat, madam, lewd did i live a..., aibohphobia, bob, harassarah, abba, detartrated
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
grabbable, retuiteando, leaving, fantastic, absolutely, kurwa, hella, ridic, underpass, hate, interlude, plush and 2369 more... -
reginaterra's Words
purl, blow, squish, andean, generality, adaptation, lush, pack, filter, acquiesce, abstraction, sweet and 508 more...
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DYSLEXIC'S DELIGHT
Words a dyslexic can't get wrong: Palindromes
retartrater, redivider, level, noon, rotor, civic, peep, eke, deed, tenet, reviver, hannah and 145 more...
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Words grabbed from real life conversa...
If I've seen it, heard it, or marvelled at it, I'll stick it here.
cruft, ermine, redundant, shakespearean, camino, marvelous, stupendous, chagrin, shaven, sleek, smug, stillness and 325 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Stef's word list
I'm Stef - these are the words that describe me. If you know me, add a word please!
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Jessica
loved, confused, happy, sad, stressed, me, new, cant let go, wont let go, turn back, stay, go and 30 more...
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palindromes
xanax, racecar, deed, mum, mom, dad, tattarrattat, redivider, saippuakauppias, sexes, level, eve and 18 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for dad.
duckbill The child's way of expressing father. It is remarkable, that, in all parts of the world, the word for father, as first taught to children, is compounded of a and t, or the kindred letter d differently placed; as tad, Welsh; ἄττα, Greek; atta, Gothick; tata, Latin. Mammas atque tatas habet Afra, Mart.] Father.
I was never so bethumpt with words,
Since first I call’d my brother’s father dad. Shakesp. K. John.
His loving mother left him to my care;
Fine child, as like his dad as he could stare! Gay.
(Johnson's Dictionary) Apr 19, 2011
tbtabby Means "wet nurse" in Albanian. (A doubly false friend!) Jul 13, 2009
lampbane Da Nang International Airport. Oct 24, 2008
frogapplause The Persian word for a "stampede". Jun 24, 2008