dad
爸爸,父亲,老爸,爹爹
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Definitions
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- : a person’s father or one’s father.
- : a person who is corny or embarrassing in the way that a father figure might be: He was being such a dad when he told that story.
- : a term of endearment used to refer to a man or boy who is admired: A bunch of teens commented “HI DAD!” on the rapper’s post.
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- : corny or embarrassing in the way that a father figure might be: a dad joke;the most dad story ever.
- : handsome or stylish; amazing; to be admired: Those shoes are totally dad.
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- : to act as a father toward; act paternally toward: Stop dadding me about my grades!
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
My dad, he and I didn’t sit down and have those big, long talks that some dads do with their children, but it stuck with me, and I remembered him saying that.
She goes to war to save her dad, sure — but she also goes because she’s a tomboy who rejects traditional femininity.
It has a 70-pound weight limit, so it’s off-limits for mom and dad but great for younger children.
I want my children to think the world of their dad the way Gianna Floyd thinks of hers.
It’s been stressful because I have to worry about still having to help my dad, I have to give him rent money every month, and then I still have to pay off this loan … and I don’t get that much of a check, you know.
My dad was a sailor, and all through my childhood he was away half of the time at sea, and to an extent I have a similar job.
His wife passed away and they had kids, and he wanted to focus on being a dad so he just stopped to raise his kids.
The fear of…Dad, of the war…yes, that…but something else…the fear that life is nor being lived right here now.
My dad had worked for a while as a ranch hand, and his “Open Road” was a remnant of those days.
The kids are out of school, Mom is out of get-up-and-go, Dad is out of work.
"Dad and Hans Rutter, as you know, weren't the sort of men to sit around and mourn over anything like that," she laughed.