dat
/dæt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Digital Audio Tape, a digital data storage tape format using a dual-spooled cartridge and magnetic tape, used for digital audio and data storage.
noun
Initialism of dolphin-assisted therapy
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Dey vanished...but it wasn't too long ago dat dey did. Dey oughta still be nearby."
- "Whadda I do? Dis an' dat."
Etymology
Pronuctiation spelling of that, representing dialects with th-stopping. Compare Dutch dat, Low German dat, and German das.