dass
/dæs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.68 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
contraction
Contraction of that is.
Example Sentences
- "We all looked at one 'nother, 'n' I thought for a second somebody 'd laugh, but nobody dassed, 'n' there warn'ta sound in the room 's Aunt Beccy sot down agin' without movin' a muscle in her face."
- "Gim scrached a line in the dirt and told Will not to dass to step over it and then Will put a chip on his sholeder and told Gim not to dass to nock it off"
- ""Ay, an' lost me th' ship, 'cause I'd never dassed take her wi' only twenty barrel o' bait, 'f I'd knowed th' new law. I hain't got much money, Mr. Burberry, an' there's the missils an' kiddies to house an' dress an' feed."
- "You weren't smart to refuse; you could have had a peep inside the General's house, maybe, and I don't believe she'd dassed said a word about birds on hats, with one of the company wearing 'em!"
- ""If anyone dasses to risk my fist, it's Boff! and it's Wham! Understand?""