dada

Adjective, Noun

Da=da

WORDNET DICTIONARY

dada(n = noun.person) dad, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop - an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk;

is a kind of begetter, father, male parent

dada(n = noun.group) dadaism - 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;

is a kind of art movement, artistic movement

dada, n. an early 20th-c. international movement in art, literature, music, and film, repudiating and mocking artistic and social conventions.

Derivative

Dadaism n. Dadaist n. & adj. Dadaistic adj.

Etymology

F (the title of an early 20th-c. review) f. dada hobby-horse