Dat
adv, conj, det, noun, pron ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Digital Audio Tape, a digital data storage tape format using a dual-spooled cartridge and magnetic tape, used for digital audio and data storage.
- 2 a digital tape recording of sound wordnet
- 3 Acronym of Dental Admission Test. Canada, US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 4 Initialism of dolphin-assisted therapy abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 1 Pronunciation spelling of that. Ireland, Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, dialectal, humorous, nonstandard, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
- 1 Pronunciation spelling of that. Ireland, Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, dialectal, humorous, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling
"Pidgin is a combination of expressions and phrases that are recognizable to those who speak it. To non-Pidgin speakers, it may sound like slang. For example, “dat” means that and “fadda” means father or dad."
- 1 Pronunciation spelling of that. Ireland, Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, dialectal, humorous, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling
"Dey vanished...but it wasn't too long ago dat dey did. Dey oughta still be nearby."
- 1 Pronunciation spelling of that. Ireland, Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, dialectal, humorous, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling
Example
More examples""Man, the professor really ripped into you today." "True dat.""
Etymology
Pronuctiation spelling of that, representing dialects with th-stopping. Compare Dutch dat, Low German dat, and German das.
Related phrases
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