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dat

noun US /dæt/

a digital tape recording of sound

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,913 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,649 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. a digital tape recording of sound also: digital audiotape

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

dat in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • I don't suspect dat dey will do nuffin to-day.

    With Lee in Virginia · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 2

  • He wuz pow'ful mean--pow'ful; en dat night he couldn't sleep, Gaze he want dat golden arm so bad.

    How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays · Mark Twain · Chapter 1

  • Ain't I shoost offered you five hunded dollars a veek fer dat face, and you vant to go git it smashed?

    They Call Me Carpenter · Upton Sinclair · Chapter 2

  • One little hut among de bushes, One dat I love, Still sadly to my memory rushes, No matter where I rove.

    Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 2

  • By and by Jim says: "But looky here, Huck, who wuz it dat 'uz killed in dat shanty ef it warn't you?"

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 06 · Mark Twain · Chapter 3

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