dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop
(noun) an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dad (plural dads)
(informal) A father, a male parent.
(familiar) Used to address one's father
Synonyms: dada, daddy, pa, Pa, papa, pop, , Pop, papá, papà , pappa, pater, paw
(slang) Used to address an older adult male
Synonyms: daddio, pop, pops
dad (plural dads)
A lump or piece.
A blow; act of striking something.
dad (third-person singular simple present dads, present participle dadding, simple past and past participle dadded)
(transitive) To throw against something; to dash.
• AD&D, ADD, add, add.
DAD
(CD, media) A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded in digital but mixed in analog before being mastered to a digital medium; compare AAD, ADD, DDD.
(healthcare, medicine) Acronym of Diffuse Alveolar Damage.
• AD&D, ADD, add, add.
Dad
(informal) One's father.
• Daddy
• Father
• Mum
• Mom (North America)
• Mam (northern England)
• AD&D, ADD, add, add.
Source: Wiktionary
Dad, n. Etym: [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. daid, Gael. daidein, W. tad, OL. , , Skr. tata.]
Definition: Father; -- a word sometimes used by children. I was never so bethumped withwords, Since I first called my brother's father dad. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 March 2025
(noun) the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
