dad
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1.0
- noun
- /dæd/
- Informal
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- One child wrote, "When I think about my dad, I feel happy because I love my dad."
- mom and dad
- tell your dad
- gift for dad
So I thought the way to my dad's heart was through sports.
- So I thought the way to my dad's heart was through sports.
- So she's come home, my dad's come home from work.
- And when we came to this country, my mum and dad worked hard.
- And how and, and your role as a dad in the American story.
- She said that it wasn't your dad that did that, it was me.
- She got shingles, she got COVID, she lost my dad, she's depressed.
- But, and so she says, dad didn't ride bikes.
- But going back to my dad and drugs.
- Then we go to your dad, William the Queen.
Examples
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When we pulled into the driveway, my dad was under the hood of our second car.
Fiction book (1990) -
Why do you think your dad's opinion is so important.
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But I will tell you my dad told me yesterday.
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But I always thought, what would my dad and I talk about?
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I was very hurt to hear my dad died because he was like a part of me.
Academic text (2008) -
So I thought the way to my dad's heart was through sports.
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And, you know, my dad was just the coolest cat.
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I just love your dad so much, Shannon.
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She walks in the door and my dad lights up.
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When I was a child, my dad took me to the park every Saturday.
Synonyms
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1.0
An informal name a child uses for their father
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1.4
A casual word for one's father
252
8.2
A person's father, used as a friendly name
98
9.0
A father or grandfather someone calls in a loving way
83
1.6
An informal word a child uses for their father
43
8.5
A warm word some families use for father or grandfather
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8.2
A father's informal name
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9.1
A young child's word for father
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9.1
A word children use for their father in South Asian families
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8.2
A familiar loving name a child uses for their father
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8.1
A word children use for their father
A friendly name for your father
A man who is the father of a woman's child, often when they are not together
Idioms
Compounds
- Informal
A simple joke using a pun that fathers often tell and makes people groan
- Australian
Two comic characters from stories and radio who show rural Australian life
Parents who give money to their adult children to pay for big costs like a house or university
How Affectionate
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word dad comes from baby talk: very young children often say da or dada first, and these simple sounds became names for parents. It is the same root as daddy, which is why dad is an informal word for 'father'.