dah

[ dah ]

noun
  1. an echoic word, the referent of which is a tone interval approximately three times the length of the dot, used to designate the dash of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.

Origin of dah

1
First recorded in 1935–40

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How to use dah in a sentence

  • We tuk five elephints, a hunder' an' sivinty Sniders, two hunder' dahs, and a lot av other burglarious thruck.

    Soldier Stories | Rudyard Kipling
  • Eighteen ponies were taken, 316 firearms, and many dahs and spears.

    The Pacification of Burma | Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite
  • The visitor looked around at them, and then remarked: "My, what a lot of boa'dahs you got."

  • They found it in the hands of about sixty Bhuttias, armed with dahs, who were plundering right and left.

    Life in an Indian Outpost | Gordon Casserly
  • They were armed with rusty muzzle-loaders, unloaded, and with long Burmese swords (dahs).

    An Australian in China | George Ernest Morrison

British Dictionary definitions for dah

dah

/ (dɑː) /


noun
  1. the long sound used in combination with the short sound dit, in the spoken representation of Morse and other telegraphic codes: Compare dash 1 (def. 14)

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