dad

Plural: dads

Noun

A colloquial term for one's father.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
A father, a male parent.
Used to address one's father; often capitalized.
Used to address an older adult male.
A lump or piece.
A blow; act of striking something.
Alternative form of daad (“Arabic letter ض”).

Verb

To be a father to; to parent.
To act like a dad.
To throw against something; to dash.

Examples

Even "DAD" can be a pivotal word when you need to clear your rack.
Happy Father's Day, dad!
His dad was always there for him.

Origin / Etymology

From Early Modern English dadd, dadde (circa 1500), undoubtedly older, from unrecorded Middle English *dadde, of uncertain ultimate origin. Compare West Frisian deite (“dad, daddy”).
* Perhaps of Celtic origin, compare Welsh and Breton tad (from Proto-Brythonic *tad), Old Irish data; and possibly related to Russian дя́дя (djádja, “uncle”) and/or Russian де́душка (déduška, “grandfather”), all imitative. In Welsh, when subject to soft mutation (which occurs in vocative contexts, among others), tad becomes dad.
* Perhaps imitative of a child's first uttered syllables da, da.
* Possibly from a metathetic variation of a hypothetical Old English *ætta, *atta (“father”), from Proto-West Germanic *attō, from Proto-Germanic *attô ("father, forefather"; whence also North Frisian ate, aatj, taatje, tääte (“father; dad”), Middle High German tate (“father, dad”) (whence German Tate (“dad”), Bavarian tatte (“dad”), Cimbrian tatta (“dad”)), Icelandic táta (“dad”)), from Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”), whence Sanskrit तत (tata, “father”).

Synonyms

dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop, Dad, Father, Pa, Pappy, Pop, ayr, ba, baba, da, dad, daddio, father, fatherling, old man, pap, papaw, pappaw, pappy, pater, patriarch, paw, pawpaw, peepaw, pepaw, poppa, poppy, pops, sire

Scrabble Score: 5

dad: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dad: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dad: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

dad: valid Words With Friends Word