-dar

UK/-dɑː/Canada, US/-dɑɹ/Australia, New Zealand/-dɐː/Scotland/-daɹ/

suffix

Forming nouns denoting a putative ability to detect a thing.

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Meanings

suffix
  1. humoroususuallyForming nouns denoting a putative ability to detect a thing.

Origin

Probably from rebracketing of gaydar, itself a blend of gay + radar. Alternatively radar might have been rebracketed directly as ray + -dar, but this appears less likely because rays are, if anything, that by means of which a radar detects things.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with -dar

areourtheirrcarstarmarfarbarguitarvaravatarcharpartarQatarMyanmarjarcigarcarrnoirharomardar
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Cite this entry
APA

-dar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-dar

MLA

“-dar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-dar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-dar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-dar.

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