different between dack vs dace

English

Etymology

From daks, Australian slang for trousers or underwear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæk/

Verb

dack (third-person singular simple present dacks, present participle dacking, simple past and past participle dacked)

1. (Australia, informal) To pull down someone's trousers as a practical joke.

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English

Etymology

From Old French dars, nominative form of dart (“dace”). For a similar loss of r, compare bass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s

Noun

dace (plural dace or daces)

1. The shoal-forming fish Leuciscus leuciscus common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
   • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 3, [1]

     Somewhere near at hand, though out of sight, there was a clear, slow-moving stream where dace were swimming in the pools under the willow trees.

2. (US) Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.

Synonyms

• dare, dart

Translations

Anagrams

• -cade, CEDA, Cade, aced, cade, deca-, ecad

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?da.t??e]

Adjective

dace f pl or n pl

1. nominative feminine plural of dac
2. accusative feminine plural of dac
3. nominative neuter plural of dac
4. accusative neuter plural of dac

Noun

dace f pl

1. plural of dac?