Dictionary Entry
dare
dare is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.
- 2transitive verb
To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake.
- 3transitive verb
To challenge; to provoke; to defy.
- 4noun
The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash.
- 5noun
Defiance; challenge.
- 6intransitive verb
To lurk; to lie hid.
- 7transitive verb
To terrify; to daunt.
- 8noun
A small fish; the dace.
- 9noun
a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
"he could never refuse a dare"
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- 10verb
challenge
"I dare you!"
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- 11verb
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
"How dare you call my lawyer?"
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- 12verb
to be courageous enough to try or do something, "she dares to dress differently from the others"
"I don't dare call him"
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