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dah

[ dah ]

noun

  1. an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.


dah

/ dɑː /

noun

  1. the long sound used in combination with the short sound dit, in the spoken representation of Morse and other telegraphic codes Compare dash 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dah1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

They emit a sound each time his hand makes contact — from the right, a dit, or dot; from the left, a dah, or dash, the building blocks of the Morse code alphabet.

I will find myself standing in front of a group of extras saying, “All right, so what’s happening now is dah, dah, dah,” raising my voice and being encouraging and intense.

Get in through security signing, dah, dah, dah.

They suggest paradise, or joy, perhaps the elation of discovery when a child points out something meaningful and says, simply, “that,” “there,” “yes” or “dah!”

“I’m not going to sit here and be like, ‘Man, I don’t want to go back to the Chargers, dah, dah, dah.’

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