Noun: dada daa-du
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
"his dada was born in Atlanta";
- father, male parent, begetter [archaic], dad [informal], daddy [informal], pa [informal], papa [informal], pappa [informal], pop [informal], poppa [N. Amer, informal], pappy [informal], da [dialect, informal]
- A nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty
"Duchamp's 'Fountain' is a famous example of Dada";
- dadaism
Derived forms: dadas
Type of: art movement, artistic movement, parent
Encyclopedia: Dada, Dursunbey