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dat

det, conj, pron and 2 more — 8 senses

dat

detalso spelled DAT

/dæt/

Etymology Pronuctiation spelling of that, representing dialects with th-stopping. Compare Dutch dat, Low German dat, and German das.

1

Ireland, Multicultural London English, Dialectal, Humorous, Nonstandard, Pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of that.

African-American Vernacular; foreign accents; African-American Vernacular; foreign accents

  • 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.2015 November 12, Bu Kerry Chan Laddaran, “Pidgin English now an official language of Hawaii”, in CNN:
Derived terms
dat fella

dat

conj

Etymology Pronuctiation spelling of that, representing dialects with th-stopping. Compare Dutch dat, Low German dat, and German das.

1

Ireland, Multicultural London English, Dialectal, Humorous, Nonstandard, Pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of that.

African-American Vernacular; foreign accents; African-American Vernacular; foreign accents

  • Dey vanished...but it wasn't too long ago dat dey did. Dey oughta still be nearby.2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:

dat

pron

Etymology Pronuctiation spelling of that, representing dialects with th-stopping. Compare Dutch dat, Low German dat, and German das.

1

Ireland, Multicultural London English, Dialectal, Humorous, Nonstandard, Pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of that.

African-American Vernacular; foreign accents; African-American Vernacular; foreign accents

  • Whadda I do? Dis an' dat.
Derived terms
dat's, gibsmedat, gibs me dat, true dat, tru dat

dat

adv

Etymology Pronuctiation spelling of that, representing dialects with th-stopping. Compare Dutch dat, Low German dat, and German das.

1

Ireland, Multicultural London English, Dialectal, Humorous, Nonstandard, Pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of that.

African-American Vernacular; foreign accents; African-American Vernacular; foreign accents

DAT

noun
1

Audio, Computing, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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

Canada, US, Abbreviation, Acronym Acronym of Dental Admission Test.

3

Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of dolphin-assisted therapy

4

Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of digital-asset treasury company

Related terms
DCC, audio cassette, compact cassette, QIC, GMAT, MCAT, SAT, ACT, PCAT

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for dat and DAT.