1. an early 20th-century art movement that rejected traditional artistic values and embraced absurdity and randomness
Usage: art history
2. father
Usage: informal; childish

Examples

• The museum featured an exhibit on Dada and its influence on modern art.
• Marcel Duchamp was a key figure in the Dada movement.
• Dada artists often created works that challenged conventional ideas about art.
• The child called out for his dada when he fell down.
• She taught her baby to say ‘dada’ and ‘mama’.
• Dada emerged as a reaction to the horrors of World War I.