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Dash

[dash]

verb verbs

LanguageWest African Pidgin (Nigeria)

Meaning
  1. To give a gift or a tip
Examples

E dash me five thousand naira for my birthday.

I go dash you my old phone since I buy new one.

I will give you my old phone since I bought a new one.

Pronunciationdash

Part of speechverb

Registerneutral

Usage noteIt is used in interpersonal exchanges to denote a voluntary transfer of something of value.

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