da

noun
/dɑː//diː/

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да (da, “yes”). Doublet of too.

  1. borrowed from да — “yes

Definitions

  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.
  2. Yes

    Yes; an affirmative response.

  3. Yes.

  4. + 22 more definitions
    1. Pronunciation 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?"
    2. 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"?
    3. Initialism of district attorney.

    4. Initialism of duck's arse (“type of haircut”).

    5. Initialism of Doctor of Arts.

    6. Initialism of domain administration.

    7. Initialism of dairy association.

    8. Initialism of dopamine.

    9. Initialism of domoic acid.

    10. Initialism of descending aorta.

    11. Initialism of ductus arteriosus.

    12. Initialism of domain authority.

    13. Initialism of devolved administration.

    14. Initialism of direct action.

    15. Initialism of Department of the Army.

    16. Initialism of Department of Agriculture.

    17. Initialism of Democratic Alliance.

    18. The station code of Dhaka railway station in Bangladesh.

    19. Initialism of doomsday argument.

    20. Initialism of double action.

    21. Abbreviation of disassociate.

    22. A great serpent in the mythology of Dahomey.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for da. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA