dast

Variant of darst, from Middle English darst, from Old English dearst.

• IPA^(key): /dæst/

dast

1. (US, dialect) third-person singular simple present indicative of dare; dares.
   • 1949, Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman, II.ix:

     Nobody dast blame this man.

2. (US, dialect) dare (infinitive).
   • 1951, Louis L'Amour, The Rustlers of West Fork, page 96:

     They don't dast.

• ADTs, ATDs, DATs, DTAs, SADT, dat's, tads

dast

1. second-person singular past indicative of detta

Cognate with Tajik даст (dast).

dast

1. hand