"dada" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dadas [plural]
Etymology: Imitative of a child's first syllables; see dad. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative, {{m|en|dad}} dad Head templates: {{en-noun}} dada (plural dadas)
  1. (childish) Father, dad. Tags: childish Categories (topical): Male family members, Parents
    Sense id: en-dada-en-noun-XHw3EtKu Disambiguation of Male family members: 56 26 18 Disambiguation of Parents: 46 27 27 Categories (other): English onomatopoeias, English reduplicated coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 11 48 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dada (uncountable)
  1. (informal, Malaysia, Brunei) heroin Tags: Brunei, Malaysia, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dada-en-noun-7m8BqS3Y Categories (other): Bruneian English, Malaysian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 49 45 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 45 50 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 11 48 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dada (uncountable)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Dada (“cultural movement”). Tags: alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: Dada (extra: cultural movement)
    Sense id: en-dada-en-noun-mtlbuNZU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 49 45 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 45 50 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 11 48 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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