Meaning

2 senses
  1. The spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code.

    тире́tirɛ́

    the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

  2. (Myanmar)A long knife or sword with a round cross-section grip, a long, gently curving blade with a single edge, and no guard.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Ta-dah! Well then, Haruta, it's OK to look now! It's everybody's yukata debut.

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Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
spoken representation of a dash:

Origin

From Burmese ဓား (dha:). Possibly a doublet of dao.

From Burmese ဓား (dha:). Possibly a doublet of dao.

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Forms

plural: dahs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code:dash

Word family

1 related words
Relateddit

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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