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dad
1[ dad ]
noun
- a person’s father or one’s father.
- a person who is corny or embarrassing in the way that a father figure might be:
He was being such a dad when he told that story.
- a term of endearment used to refer to a man or boy who is admired:
A bunch of teens commented “HI DAD!” on the rapper’s post.
adjective
- corny or embarrassing in the way that a father figure might be: the most dad story ever.
a dad joke;
the most dad story ever.
- handsome or stylish; amazing; to be admired:
Those shoes are totally dad.
verb (used with object)
- to act as a father toward; act paternally toward:
Stop dadding me about my grades!
- to refer to (an admired man or boy) as “dad”:
My friends dad me whenever I look good.
verb (used without object)
- to perform the tasks or duties of a male parent; act paternally:
He dads like a champ.
- to refer to an admired man or boy as “dad”:
They dad whenever a new photo pops up on their feeds.
dad
2[ dad ]
interjection
- God (used in combination in mild oaths):
dad-blamed; dad-gummed.
dad
3[ dad ]
noun
- a solid blow or knock.
- a large slice, lump, or portion.
ḍa
4[ dahd ]
noun
- the 15th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
dad
/ æ /
noun
- an informal word for father
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51Թ History and Origins
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Example Sentences
When Megan Ross was 14 years old, she opened some letters her dad had sent her from prison.
She has said she would rather die than be poor, and her oldest son has said his entire life is tied to his dad’s business.
"But I really don't think that for me, anything has changed about them, they are still mum and dad," she says.
But over the course of the novel, the narrator’s certainty wavers, and they begin to recognize that, fundamentally, they are angry about all the same things their dad is.
"But we saw other families in ICU - dads and family members coming in in their work clothes and I really felt for those families."
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