Meaning

1 senses

  1. (childish)Father, dad.

More definitions
  • a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty
  • an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

Examples

2 sentences

  1. My baby's first word was "dada".

    ruПервым словом моего ребёнка было "папа". — odexed

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  2. "I'm looking for a song name." "How does it go?" "It goes like da dada da da."

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Origin

Imitative of a child's first syllables; see dad.

Imitative of a child's first syllables; see dad.

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Forms

plural: dadas
Singulardada
Pluraldadas

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty:dadaism
  • an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk:daddaddypapapapappapop

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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