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Cebuano
Pronunciation
Verb
dakdak
- to fall or land on one's butt
- to drop something one is holding forcefully
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
dakdák (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜃ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔)
- (colloquial) speaking out of turn
- Synonyms: yakyak, abla, daldal, satsat
- (colloquial) person that speaks out of turn
- Synonyms: daldalero, satsatero
Etymology 2
Noun
dakdák (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜃ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔)
- act of pushing someone's head hard against something while holding it
- bumping; collision (of one's face against something hard)
- Synonym: salpok
- crowd gathered for illegal cockfighting
- act of driving in a sharp stake into the soil
- Synonyms: taktak, suksok, baon, tulos
- (sports, basketball) dunk
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dakdak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018