dast
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/dæst/
Definition of dast
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(Northern-US, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of dare; dares.
“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.”
“nastya You don’t say! How dast I!”
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verb
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(Northern-US, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of dare; dares.
“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.”
“nastya You don’t say! How dast I!”
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(Northern-US)dare (infinitive).
“They don't dast.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Variant of darst, from Middle English darst, from Old English dearst.
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