dat

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/dæt/

noun

Digital Audio Tape, a digital data storage tape format using a dual-spooled cartridge and magnetic tape, used for digital audio and data storage.

“Whadda I do? Dis an' dat.”

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digital audiotape
CommonScrabble 4

Meanings

dat1

determiner
  1. IrelandMulticultural London Englishdialectalhumorousnonstandardpronunciation spellingAfrican-American Vernacular; foreign accents; African-American Vernacular; foreign accentsPronunciation spelling of that.

    Pidgin is a combination of expressions and phrases that are recognizable to those who speak it. To non-Pidgin speakers, it may sound like slang. For example, “dat” means that and “fadda” means father or dad.

    2015 November 12, Bu Kerry Chan Laddaran, “Pidgin English now an official language of Hawaii”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 May 2019
conjunction
  1. IrelandMulticultural London Englishdialectalhumorousnonstandardpronunciation spellingAfrican-American Vernacular; foreign accents; African-American Vernacular; foreign accentsPronunciation spelling of that.

    Dey vanished...but it wasn't too long ago dat dey did. Dey oughta still be nearby.

    2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport
pronoun
  1. IrelandMulticultural London Englishdialectalhumorousnonstandardpronunciation spellingAfrican-American Vernacular; foreign accents; African-American Vernacular; foreign accentsPronunciation spelling of that.

    Whadda I do? Dis an' dat.

adverbdat (not comparable)
  1. IrelandMulticultural London Englishdialectalhumorousnonstandardnot comparablepronunciation spellingAfrican-American Vernacular; foreign accents; African-American Vernacular; foreign accentsPronunciation spelling of that.

DAT2

nounDAT (plural DATs)

plural DATs · alternative D.A.T. · alternative D. A. T.

  1. audioDigital Audio Tape, a digital data storage tape format using a dual-spooled cartridge and magnetic tape, used for digital audio and data storage.
  2. CanadaUSabbreviationacronymAcronym of Dental Admission Test.
  3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of dolphin-assisted therapy
  4. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of digital-asset treasury company

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna digital tape recording of sound

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digital audiotape
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Pronuctiation spelling of that, representing dialects with th-stopping. Compare Dutch dat, Low German dat, and German das.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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