Dass

//dæs// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of DAS form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    To dare. archaic

    "We all looked at one 'nother, 'n' I thought for a second somebody 'd laugh, but nobody dassed, 'n' there warn'ta sound in the room 's Aunt Beccy sot down agin' without movin' a muscle in her face."

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coneyconydassiediacetoxyscirpenoldiacetoxyscirpenolhyrax

Example

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"We all looked at one 'nother, 'n' I thought for a second somebody 'd laugh, but nobody dassed, 'n' there warn'ta sound in the room 's Aunt Beccy sot down agin' without movin' a muscle in her face."

Etymology

Compare dare, darest, dast.

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