Dad

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  DAD
       Desktop Application Director (WordPerfect)