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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
noun Scot. and North England.
1.
a solid blow or knock.
2.
a large slice, lump, or portion.
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| —n | |
| an informal word for father | |
| [C16: childish word; compare Greek tata, Sanskrit tatas] | |
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Word Origin & History
dad
recorded from c.1500, but probably much older, from child's speech, nearly universal and probably prehistoric (cf. Welsh tad, Ir. daid, Czech, L., Gk. tata, Lith. tete, Skt. tatah all of the same meaning).
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DAD
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Example sentences
Dad's out on the golf course, swinging an extra-long driver with a head the size of a cantaloupe.
When the bank comes to foreclose on your castle, run and find your dad.
My dad's not doing anything, and my mum goes from job to job.
One of my favorite things to do is write poetry, and this singer my dad knows recorded some of my poems as singles.
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