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English
Etymology
Variant of darst, from Middle English darst, from Old English dearst.
Pronunciation
Verb
dast
- (US, dialect) third-person singular simple present indicative of dare; dares.
- 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.
- (US, dialect) dare (infinitive).
1951, Louis L'Amour, The Rustlers of West Fork, page 96:They don't dast.
Anagrams
Icelandic
Verb
dast
- second-person singular past indicative of detta
Talysh
Etymology
Cognate with Persian دَسْت (dast).
Noun
dast
- hand
Wakhi
Etymology
Cognate with Tajik даст (dast).
Noun
dast
- hand