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dam·son noun : a plum with acid purple fruit; also : its fruit

Dan abbreviation Daniel

1dance verb danced; danc·ing 1 : to glide, step, or move through a set series of movements usu. to music

2 : to move quickly up and down or about

3 : to perform or take part in as a dancer

— danc·er noun

Synonyms

[1] foot, step; also prance, strut, trip; gavotte, jig, jitterbug, jive, mambo, polka, tango, waltz; tread

[2] dart, flit, flutter, zip—more at FLIT

2dance noun 1 : an act or instance of dancing

2 : a social gathering for dancing

3 : a piece of music (as a waltz) by which dancing may be guided

4 : the art of dancing

Synonyms

ball, formal, hop, prom; also blowout, celebration, event, festival, festivity, fete, gala, masquerade, mixer, party, reception, soiree

D & C noun [ORIGIN: dilation and curettage]

: a surgical procedure that involves stretching the cervix and scraping the inside walls of the uterus (as to test for cancer or to perform an abortion)

dan·de·li·on noun [ORIGIN: ME dendelyoun, fr. AF dent de lion, lit., lion's tooth]

: any of a genus of common yellow-flowered composite herbs

dan·der noun : ANGER, TEMPER

dan·di·fy verb -fied; -fy·ing : to cause to resemble a dandy

dan·dle verb dan·dled; dan·dling 1 : to move up and down in one's arms or on one's knee in affectionate play

2 : to treat with extreme or excessive care and attention

dan·druff noun : scaly white or grayish flakes of dead skin cells that come off the scalp

— dan·druffy adjective

1dandy noun, plural dandies 1 : a man unduly attentive to personal appearance

2 : something excellent in its class

Synonyms

[1] buck, dude, fop, gallant; also coxcomb, popinjay; blade, cavalier; swell; clotheshorse

[2] beauty, crackerjack, jim-dandy, knockout, pip—more at JIM-DANDY

2dandy adjective dan·di·er; -est : very good : FIRST-RATE

Dane noun 1 : a native or inhabitant of Denmark

2 : GREAT DANE

dan·ger noun [ORIGIN: ME daunger control, resistance, peril, fr. AF dangier, fr. VL *dominiarium, fr. L dominium ownership]

1 : exposure or liability to injury, harm, or evil

2 : something that may cause injury or harm

Synonyms

[1] distress, jeopardy, peril, risk, trouble; also exposure, liability, vulnerability; precariousness, threat

Antonyms

safety, security

[2] hazard, menace, peril, pitfall, risk, threat, trouble; also snare, trap

dan·ger·ous adjective 1 : exposing to or involving danger : HAZARDOUS

2 : able or likely to inflict injury

— dan·ger·ous·ly adverb

Synonyms

grave, grievous, hazardous, menacing, parlous, perilous, risky, serious, unhealthy, unsafe, venturesome; also insecure, precarious, treacherous, uncertain; chance, haphazard, random; distressing, sickening, unpleasant, ugly, wicked; adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, inimical, injurious, malignant, nasty, noxious, pernicious, pestilent; deadly, deathly, destructive, dire, fatal, fateful, fell, killer, lethal, mortal, murderous

Antonyms

harmless, innocent, innocuous, safe

dan·gle verb dan·gled; dan·gling 1 : to hang loosely esp. with a swinging motion : SWING

2 : to be a hanger-on or dependent

3 : to be left without proper grammatical connection in a sentence

4 : to keep hanging uncertainly

5 : to offer as an inducement

Synonyms

hang, sling, suspend, swing—more at HANG

Dan·iel noun : a book of Jewish and Christian Scripture

Dan·ish noun : the language of the Danes

— Danish adjective

Danish pastry noun : a pastry made of a rich yeast-raised dough

dank adjective : disagreeably wet or moist : DAMP

— dank·ness noun

dan·seuse noun [ORIGIN: F]

: a female ballet dancer

dap·per adjective 1 : neat and trim in style or appearance : SPRUCE

2 : being alert and lively in movement and manners : JAUNTY

Synonyms

natty, sharp, smart, spruce—more at SMART

dap·ple verb dap·pled; dap·pling : to mark with different-colored spots

Synonyms

blotch, dot, fleck, freckle, mottle, pepper,