Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A ducktail.
  • abbreviation delayed action
  • abbreviation deposit account
  • abbreviation digital/analog
  • abbreviation district attorney
  • abbreviation Doctor of Arts
  • abbreviation don't answer

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • initialism district attorney
  • initialism Department of the Army
  • initialism duck's arse (haircut)
  • initialism Department of Agriculture
  • initialism Dairy Association
  • initialism Doctor of Arts
  • initialism Internet Domain Administration

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Abbreviation of duck's ass.]

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Examples

  • August 14, 2008 at 1:15 pm gremlin da kar…. nawt DA gremlin ifinksnot….

    der somting in mah closet - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Briefing the media during the launch of the party's cabinet report card website (www. da.org.za), DA parliamentary leader Sandra Botha said the process accorded the public a rare opportunity to rate government ministers.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • I'm looking at getting a portait lens, and (in my price range) I've narrowed my options down to the DA 70mm f2. 4 Limited (£465 here in the UK) and the DA* 55mm f1. 4 (£549).

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) 2010

  • I'm looking at getting a portait lens, and (in my price range) I've narrowed my options down to the DA 70mm f2. 4 Limited (£465 here in the UK) and the DA* 55mm f1. 4 (£549).

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) 2010

  • The butter legion - a socialist movement/mass colab project I started, to trigger artistic change and evolution in Da artists (mainly my watchers), to make them more active and dedicated on DA.

    Popular in the last 8 hours 2009

  • The butter legion - a socialist movement/mass colab project I started, to trigger artistic change and evolution in Da artists (mainly my watchers), to make them more active and dedicated on DA.

    Popular in the last 8 hours 2009

  • The butter legion - a socialist movement/mass colab project I started, to trigger artistic change and evolution in Da artists (mainly my watchers), to make them more active and dedicated on DA.

    Popular in the last 8 hours 2009

  • The butter legion - a socialist movement/mass colab project I started, to trigger artistic change and evolution in Da artists (mainly my watchers), to make them more active and dedicated on DA.

    Popular in the last 8 hours 2009

  • The butter legion - a socialist movement/mass colab project I started, to trigger artistic change and evolution in Da artists (mainly my watchers), to make them more active and dedicated on DA.

    Popular in the last 8 hours 2009

  • The butter legion - a socialist movement/mass colab project I started, to trigger artistic change and evolution in Da artists (mainly my watchers), to make them more active and dedicated on DA.

    Popular in the last 8 hours 2009

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