da

noun

1. (Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland)Father.

   ““Dear, but you're like your grandmother!” she continued, patting the little girl's head. “Many a penny's worth I sold to your da, when he was weer than you are.””

   “Oh where is yer da son? The man said it to me and was grumpy. Is yer da here?”

   “Once the silky gent who ran a barge called the Knuckle Sandwich tried to persuade Borglum's ma and da to sell him their little dwarfish boy for twelve gold coins.”

   “I was twelve when the das started killing themselves all around me”

2. (Russianism, slang, uncountable)Yes; an affirmative response.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of district attorney.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of duck's arse (“type of haircut”).

   “1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Went to a new haircutters, told him I wanted a DA and sideburns, and that "your ultimate goal is to make me look like a boy".”

5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of Doctor of Arts.
6. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of domain administration.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of dairy association.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of dopamine.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of domoic acid.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of descending aorta.
11. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of ductus arteriosus.
12. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of domain authority.
13. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of devolved administration.
14. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of direct action.

intj

1. (Russianism, slang)Yes.
2. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.

   “You know that tune that goes "da da da di-dum di-dum"?”

article

1. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling)Pronunciation spelling of the.

   “Da New York Times”

   “Da Bears”

   “"So I catch you. You stealer! Ho! Ho!" He seized the girl's wrist. "No, no, you don't run. Hey! Where is-a da cop?"”

   “They are both holding onto their caps in the stiff breeze, and Zang is shouting, "Where is da main hotel going to be?"”

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Department of the Army.
2. (Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Department of Agriculture.
3. (South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Democratic Alliance.

   “Once all the votes are counted, if the ANC remains below 50% it will be forced to enter a coalition with one or more parties. Depending on how low its support dips, it may need to form a deal with one of the larger opposition parties such as the DA or EFF to remain in power.”

4. The station code of Dhaka railway station in Bangladesh.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of doomsday argument.
6. A great serpent in the mythology of Dahomey.

adj

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable)Initialism of double action.

verb

1. (Jehovah's-Witnesses, abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of disassociate.