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dis

verb
/dɪs//diː aɪ ɛs/

Etymology

Representing a colloquial or dialectal pronunciation with th-stopping of this.

  1. learned borrowing from dís

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of diss.

    • Yet the neo-Luddite resistance is remarkably disparate. Some flee to the woods; others, taking a less courageous stand, are content to dis the microwave oven and cellular phone.

  2. Alternative form of diss.

  3. Any of a group of minor female deities in Scandinavian folklore.

    • In Norway the Dîsir appear to have been held in great veneration.
    • A number of places in Norway and Sweden were also named after the Disir
    • Bard had prepared a feast for him, because a sacrifice was being made to the disir.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. Pronunciation spelling of this.

      • At another dinner, the president, on the removal of the cloth, rose and said... We will conduct weself in sich a manner, dat massa will neber be sorry for what him do dis night.

    2. Hades.

    3. plural of Di

    4. Initialism of Distributed Interactive Simulation.

    5. Initialism of Defense Investigative Service, now the Defense Counterintelligence and…

      Initialism of Defense Investigative Service, now the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

    6. Walt Disney Company.

    7. Initialism of Draft International Standard (usage from ISO)

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