1.A respectful form of address for an older male.
‘Ram _dada_ is my cousin’s friend’
‘After Channu _dada_ ’s request, the Sanghatana filed a complaint with the collector in September 2002, demanding the release of his sons.’
2.An early 20th-century movement in art, literature, music, and film, repudiating and mocking artistic and social conventions and emphasizing the illogical and absurd.
‘Pieces in the show referenced Conceptualism, performance, _Dada_ , realism and abstraction.’
‘Collage has been used in many major art movements, for example _Dada_ , Surrealism, and Pop art.’