dast

English

Etymology

Variant of darst, from Middle English darst, from Old English dearst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæst/

Verb

dast

1. (Northern US) third-person singular simple present indicative of dare; dares.
   • 1949, Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman, II.ix:

     Nobody dast blame this man.

   • Damon Runyon, The Lily of St. Pierre

     So I only go to Good Time Charley's to talk with him, and to sing in quartet with him. […] But just before five o'clock it is okay, as only the hostesses are there, and of course none of them dast to join in our singing, or Good Time Charley will run them plumb out of the joint.

2. (Northern US) dare (infinitive).
   • 1951, Louis L'Amour, The Rustlers of West Fork, page 96:

     They don't dast.

Anagrams

• DATs, dat's, ADTs, ATDs, stad, tads, DTAs, SADT

Icelandic

Verb

dast

1. second-person singular past indicative of detta

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian دَسْت (dast).

Noun

dast

1. hand

Wakhi

Etymology

Cognate with Tajik даст (dast).

Noun

dast

1. hand