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dass¹

  • /dæs/

Rhymes with -æs

Where it comes from

Compare dare, darest, dast.

verb dasses · dassing · dassed

  1. archaic To dare. We all looked at one 'nother, 'n' I thought for a second somebody 'd laugh, but nobody dassed, 'n' there warn'ta sound in the room 's Aunt Beccy sot down agin' without movin' a muscle in her face.

dass²

Where it comes from

Pronunciation spelling of that's

contraction

  1. abbreviation, contraction Contraction of that is

DASs³

noun

  1. plural plural of DAS

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dass. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dass

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"dass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dass.

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@misc{dass_2026,
  title = {dass},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dass},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}