dad

4 definitions found

dad - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dad \Dad\ (d[a^]d), n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. daid,
     Gael. daidein, W. tad, OL. tata, Gr. ta`ta, te`tta, Skr.
     t[=a]ta.]
     Father; -- a word sometimes used by children.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           I was never so bethumped with words,
           Since I first called my brother's father dad. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

dad - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dad
      n 1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby
           talk [syn: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa,
           pop]

dad - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  DAD
         Desktop Application Director (WordPerfect)
         

dad - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "dad":
     Methuselah, abba, antediluvian, antique, back number, conservative,
     daddy, dodo, elder, father, fogy, fossil, foster father, fud,
     fuddy-duddy, genitor, governor, granny, has-been, longhair,
     matriarch, mid-Victorian, mossback, old believer, old crock,
     old dodo, old fogy, old liner, old man, old poop, old woman,
     old-timer, pa, pap, papa, pappy, pater, paterfamilias, patriarch,
     pop, pops, reactionary, regular old fogy, relic, sire, square,
     starets, stepfather, the old man, traditionalist