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.

Origin of dah

1
First recorded in 1935–40

Words Nearby dah

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How to use dah in a sentence

  • You dah,” he shouted excitedly; “you wait till Pomp get lil bit of rag round um hand, you see how I serb you.

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  • Aggo-dah-gauda had one leg hooped up to his thigh so that he was obliged to get along by hopping.

British Dictionary definitions for dah

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 (def. 14)

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