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Definition: Dad |
DadNoun1. An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dad" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Dad or ~~~Daddy. Daddy. Father. The person who acts as father at a wedding, a stage-manager. The superintendent of a casual ward is termed by the inmates "Old Daddy." (A Night in a Work-house, by an Amateur Casual [J. Greenwood].) In the Fortunes of Nigel, by Sir W. Scott, Steenie, Duke of Buckingham, calls King James "My dear dad and gossip." (Welsh, tad; Irish, daid, father; Sanskrit, tada; Hindu, dada.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | N. of Eng. In coal mining, to mix (combustible gases) with atmospheric air to such an extent that the mixture is incapable of exploding. Also calleddash. See also:dashing. (references) |
Multilingual Slang | French (papa). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
dad | English | Digital audio disc | N/A |
DAD | French | Département des affaires de désarmement | N/A |
DAD | Spanish | Departamento de Asuntos de Desarme | International Organizations |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: DadSynonyms: dada (n), daddy (n), pa (n), papa (n), pappa (n), pater (n), pop (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Paternity | Parent; father, sire, dad, papa, paterfamilias, abba; genitor, progenitor, procreator; ancestor; grandsire, grandfather; great-grandfather; fathership, fatherhood; mabap. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dad |
| Specialty definitions using "dad": Lord ♦ The old man. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "dad": Daddock. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Dad" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Romany (father), Scottish (anything, the smallest thing). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Dad, you buy that bleary business (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters) Your dad. Did you love him (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) I missed you too, dad. Where did you go (Enemy of the State; writing credit: David Marconi) That was before Presdient Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles came, when I couldn't wait to join the Peace Corps, and I thought that I'd never find a guy as great as my dad. (Dirty Dancing; writing credit: Eleanor Bergstein.) Frodo was real courageous wasn't he Dad, yes me boy the most amiable of all hobbits (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) | |
Lyrics | Her mom and dad went down (Brick; performing artist: Ben Folds Five) A kind of world where Mom and Dad (One Voice; performing artist: Billy Gilman) As her folks drive away her dad yells, Check the oil ("Wide Open Spaces"; performing artist: Dixie Chicks) Hope my mom and I hope my dad (Wonderful; performing artist: Everclear) Hey dad what do you think about your son now (Take A Picture; performing artist: Filter) | |
Clever | When your mom is mad at your dad, don't let her brush your hair. (references; author: unknown) Mae: "I've been asked to get married lots of times." Rae: "Who asked you?" Mae: "Mom and Dad. Lots of times. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Snake Gully with Dad and Dave (1972) Can I Borrow the Car? Dad (1970) Dad! It's Trad (1961) Dad Always Pays (1949) Mom and Dad (1945) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | This youngster wanted to grow up and be just like Dad. An Eskimo toddler dreams of hunting on the Bering Sea with his father. F&WS 1166. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Mom, Dad, and Baby enjoy a day of fishing at Manasquan Inlet. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | 4H girl and dad put sweater on lamb. Credit: USDA. |  | Wow, dad look what I caught! Charles Golden and his daughter enjoy a fishing expedition on Lake Pleasant, north of Phoenix, Arizona. Credit: Unknown. |
 | My awful Dad, as presented for the summer and fall season in West Va. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Gee -- Dad missed again!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | "Read me what it says, Dad" / Herblock. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sam Ballard (Old Dad), New Iberia, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | "Good bye, Dad, I'm off to fight for Old Glory, you buy U.S. gov't bonds" Third Liberty Loan / / Lawrence Harris ; Sackett & Wilhelms Corp. N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | "Hey Mom, look what violence on TV does to Dad!". Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Dad" by Jamie Harris Commentary: "Backseat driver... in the passenger seat." | "Old school" by Evan Mora Commentary: "This is my dad." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LORD, n. In American society, an English tourist above the state of a costermonger, as, lord 'Aberdasher, Lord Hartisan and so forth. The traveling Briton of lesser degree is addressed as "Sir," as, Sir 'Arry Donkiboi, or 'Amstead 'Eath. The word "Lord" is sometimes used, also, as a title of the Supreme Being; but this is thought to be rather flattery than true reverence. Miss Sallie Ann Splurge, of her own accord, Wedded a wandering English lord -- Wedded and took him to dwell with her "paw," A parent who throve by the practice of Draw. Lord Cadde I don't hesitate to declare Unworthy the father-in-legal care Of that elderly sport, notwithstanding the truth That Cadde had renounced all the follies of youth; For, sad to relate, he'd arrived at the stage Of existence that's marked by the vices of age. Among them, cupidity caused him to urge Repeated demands on the pocket of Splurge, Till, wrecked in his fortune, that gentleman saw Inadequate aid in the practice of Draw, And took, as a means of augmenting his pelf, To the business of being a lord himself. His neat-fitting garments he wilfully shed And sacked himself strangely in checks instead; Denuded his chin, but retained at each ear A whisker that looked like a blasted career. He painted his neck an incarnadine hue Each morning and varnished it all that he knew. The moony monocular set in his eye Appeared to be scanning the Sweet Bye-and-Bye. His head was enroofed with a billycock hat, And his low-necked shoes were aduncous and flat. In speech he eschewed his American ways, Denying his nose to the use of his A's And dulling their edge till the delicate sense Of a babe at their temper could take no offence. His H's -- 'twas most inexpressibly sweet, The patter they made as they fell at his feet! Re-outfitted thus, Mr. Splurge without fear Began as Lord Splurge his recouping career. Alas, the Divinity shaping his end Entertained other views and decided to send His lordship in horror, despair and dismay From the land of the nobleman's natural prey. For, smit with his Old World ways, Lady Cadde Fell -- suffering Caesar! -- in love with her dad! G.J. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Chris Matthews | I love it. I love New York, actually, and I love going there this time of year especially, and I usually bring my dad up here. I have to tell you that that ad works for me. |
Dennis Quaid | Very similar, I got to say. My son's my best friend. And that's what I brought to the party. Jim is that way, too. The guy I play. He's that kind of dad. Then they also had the relationship between him and his own father, which is not so great. |
Gerald Ford | Little too mechanical. I compare him to his dad. His dad, you know, would walk into a room and would dominate it by his talent and his showmanship. Albert Jr., I think, is a little too mechanical, not as spontaneous as he ought to be. |
Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry | The first person I saw was my dad. He made sure that he was in front of the plane when it opened, the back of it opened up, and he was the first one I saw and we ran out and hugged each other. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | I'll never forget what you went through, Dad, nor will I let any one else forget. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Dad" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.64% of the time. "Dad" is used about 6,839 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 75.64% | 5,173 | 1,893 |
| Noun (proper) | 24.35% | 1,665 | 5,016 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,839 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "dad" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Dad | Last name | 100 | 86,325 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "dad": deadbeat dad ♦ grand dad ♦ my mum and dad. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "dad": Dad-dad, dad-figures, Dad-in-law, dad-of-three, dad-of-two, dad-oh, Dad-to-be. | |
Ending with "dad": Dad-dad, gran-dad, grand-dad, n-dad, step-dad, super-dad. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
dad | 1,697 | dad and poetry | 69 |
poem for dad | 1,226 | dad day | 66 |
gift for dad | 719 | new dad | 66 |
rich dad poor dad | 518 | just me my dad | 61 |
dead beat dad | 298 | dad ring | 60 |
deadbeat dad | 292 | dad root beer | 59 |
dad and daughter | 259 | birthday gift for dad | 59 |
dad and son | 258 | card for dad | 58 |
gift idea for dad | 257 | dad army | 55 |
step dad | 157 | dad joke | 54 |
gay dad | 156 | dad picture | 54 |
dad quote | 150 | divorced dad | 53 |
my dad song | 140 | craft dad | 53 |
rich dad | 135 | dad right | 50 |
gay dad and son | 132 | present for dad | 49 |
mom dad | 129 | my two dad | 48 |
stay at home dad | 112 | dad girl | 41 |
crazy dad gone | 108 | dad pic son | 39 |
single dad | 74 | birthday card dad | 35 |
gift for new dad | 69 | teen dad | 34 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "dad"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | babush (geezer), babëlok (duck), babë (daddy, pa, pop, Poppa), baba (daddy, father, pa, Papa, pater, paterfamilias, pop, Poppa, sire). (various references) | |
Arabic | أب (father, papa), بابا (father). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | татко (daddy, father, pa, pop), тате (daddy, pa, pop), баща (father, governor, pater, sire). (various references) | |
Chinese | 爹 , 爸爸 (Daddy, DADS), 爸 (father, pa, papa). (various references) | |
Czech | tatínek (daddy, Papa). (various references) | |
Dutch | pappie (daddy), pappa (daddy), pa (daddy). (various references) | |
Esperanto | paĉjo (daddy). (various references) | |
Faeroese | pápi (daddy). (various references) | |
Farsi | اقاجان (Papa), باباجان . (various references) | |
Finnish | isäukko (the old man), isä (father). (various references) | |
French | papa (daddy). (various references) | |
German | Papi (daddy, pa), papa (daddy, pa, Papa, pop). (various references) | |
Greek | μπαμπάσ, μπαμπάς (daddy), παπάκησ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אבא (daddy, father). (various references) | |
Hungarian | apu (daddy), papa (daddy, pa, Papa, pater, pop). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pak (pack), bapak (daddy, father, papa), ayah (begetter, daddy, father). (various references) | |
Italian | papà (daddy, pa, Papa, pop, pope). (various references) | |
Korean | 아빠 (Daddy, DADS). (various references) | |
Papiamen | papi (daddy), papá (daddy), pai (daddy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | adday.(various references) | |
Polish | tatuś (daddy). (various references) | |
Portuguese | PAPAI (daddy, father, pa, papa, poppa), paizinho (papa), pai (father, getter, old man, parent). (various references) | |
Romanian | tãtic (daddy, pa, Papa, Pappy). (various references) | |
Russian | папочка (daddy, pa 2), папа (daddy, pa, pa 2, papa, pop, pope). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tata (daddy, papa, pop, poppa). (various references) | |
Spanish | papá (daddy, pa, papa, Pappy). (various references) | |
Swedish | pappa (daddy, father, pa, Papa, Pappy, pater, pop, Poppa). (various references) | |
Turkish | baba (begetter, daddy, father, goodman, governor, guv, guvnor, old man, pa, Papa, pater, Pere, pop, senior, sire, the governor, the old man). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | татусь (daddy), тато (daddy, pap), провітрювати виробку. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thầy (daddy), cha (daddy, father, parent, paterfamilias, patresfamilias), bố (daddy, pa). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dad": dada, dadaism, dadaisms, dadaist, dadaistic, dadaists, dadas, daddies, daddle, daddled, daddles, daddling, daddy, dado, dadoed, dadoes, dadoing, dados, dads. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "dad": alidad, aoudad, audad, caudad, crawdad, doodad, grandad, granddad, hispanidad, hodad. (additional references) | |
Words containing "dad": alidade, alidades, alidads, aoudads, audads, crawdads, doodads, grandaddies, grandaddy, grandads, granddaddies, granddaddy, granddads, hacendado, hacendados, haciendado, haciendados, hispanidads, hodaddies, hodaddy, hodads, skedaddle, skedaddled, skedaddler, skedaddlers, skedaddles, skedaddling. (additional references) | |
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"Dad" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Addb, addp, adhd, da, daa, daad, daah, daaz, dac, daddt, dadi, da-dt, Dady, daed, daf, D'agde, dai, daid, daj, dald, Damd, Dand, dao, daq, dar, Dard, dardo, dasd, Datd, dau, dav, daw, dawd, dax, daz, dcd, dda, ddd, ddp, ddt, dfd, diad, didg, didi, didn, didy, digd, dird, Djax, dla, doad, draad, dsa, dtac, Dudh, dvd, dyd, dzat, edad, sado, vad. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dad" (pronounced da"d) |
| 2 | -a" d | ad, add, bad, Brad, cad, Chad, clad, lad, mad, fad, forbad, gad, glad, grad, had, pad, plaid, rad, sad, Scad, shad, tad. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: add. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d" | |
-1 letter: ad. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d" | |
+1 letter: adds, dada, dado, dads, dead, duad, dyad. | |
+2 letters: addax, added, adder, addle, aided, audad, baddy, caddy, dadas, daddy, dados, dandy, dared, dated, dawed, dazed, deads, dedal, dread, dryad, duads, dyads, faddy, faded, gaddi, gadid, haded, hodad, jaded, laded, paddy, readd, waddy, waded. | |
+3 letters: abided, aboded, addend, adders, addict, adding, addled, addles, adduce, adduct, adored, alidad, aoudad, audads, badder, baddie, badged, balded, banded, barded, beaded, bladed, caddie, caddis, cadged, candid, carded, caudad, dabbed, daddle, dadoed, dadoes, daedal, daffed, daledh, dammed, damned, damped, danced, dander, dandle, danged, dapped, darked, darned, darted, dashed, daubed, dauted, dawdle, dawned, dawted, daybed, deaden, deader, deadly, deaned, deaved, decade, dedans, delead, demand, deodar, desand, diacid, diadem, dialed, didact, doated, doodad, dorado, dorsad, dotard, draped, drayed, dreads, dryads, dyadic, evaded, fadged, farded, gadded, gadder, gaddis, gadids, gadoid, giddap, goaded, goddam, graded, handed, headed, hodads, keddah, ladder, laddie, ladled, landed, larded, lauded, leaded, loaded, madded, madden, madder, mediad, midday, misadd, ogdoad, outadd, padded, padder, paddle, radded, raddle, raided, readds, sadden, sadder, saddhu, saddle, sanded, shaded, spaded, traded, undead, wadded, wadder, waddie, waddle, waddly, warded, woaded, yarded, zaddik. | |
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