dah
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- Compare dit.
Words Nearby dah
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How to use dah in a sentence
She introduces me to Ben Foster, Danny Masterson, dah-de-dah.
Tyler Shields: Extreme Photographer of Lindsay Lohan, Kellan Lutz, and Young Hollywood | Chris Lee | June 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe scene feels far more Vogue than Newsweek, with lots of “Brilliant, dah-ling” coos of approval.
You'd a ben down dah in de woods widout any dinner, en gittn' mos' drownded, too; dat you would, honey.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)dah you goes, de ole true Huck; de on'y white genlman dat ever kep' his promise to ole Jim.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)“Down dah,” he said, making a sign with one foot toward the loose moss and leaves he had picked.
Mass' George | George Manville Fenn
You dah,” he shouted excitedly; “you wait till Pomp get lil bit of rag round um hand, you see how I serb you.
Mass' George | George Manville FennAggo-dah-gauda had one leg hooped up to his thigh so that he was obliged to get along by hopping.
Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian | Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for dah
/ (dɑː) /
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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