dakdak

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dak‧dak

Verb

dakdak

1. to fall or land on one's butt
2. to drop something one is holding forcefully

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /dakˈdak/ [d̪ɐkˈd̪ak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: dak‧dak

Etymology 1

Noun

dakdák (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜃ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔)

1. (colloquial) speaking out of turn

   Synonyms: yakyak, abla, daldal, satsat

2. (colloquial) person that speaks out of turn

   Synonyms: daldalero, satsatero

Etymology 2

Noun

dakdák (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜃ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔)

1. act of pushing someone's head hard against something while holding it
2. bumping; collision (of one's face against something hard)

   Synonym: salpok

3. crowd gathered for illegal cockfighting
4. act of driving in a sharp stake into the soil

   Synonyms: taktak, suksok, baon, tulos

5. (sports, basketball) dunk

Derived terms

• dakdakan
• dumakdak

Further reading

• “dakdak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018