noun, phrase, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The game of Turkish draughts. uncountable
2. 2
   a rich Chinese middle-aged woman colloquial
3. 3
   a spoilt tourist from China, usually a middle-aged woman; a Karen Hong-Kong, broadly, colloquial, derogatory

Phrase

1. 1
   Initialism of discharged against medical advice. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

All synonyms

genus damatammartammarturkish draughts

Etymology

Etymology 1

Compare Turkish dama, Northern Kurdish دامە (dame).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 大媽 /大妈 (dàmā, “paternal aunt”)

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