meaning 1: that is true. Replaces "word" or "word up" in urban slang.
meaning
2: how a Milwaukeean says "threw that."
meaning 3: an instruction given to a
bike repairman concerning an out-of-alignment
wheel.
1: ike: man, something smells
bad in here!
mike: true dat! but he who smelled it ,dealt it.
2: Dat pile of trash? I true dat in da garbage yesterday, hey.
3: pat:my bike wheel is a little bent!
matt: yeah, we can true dat. it'll
roll straight as an arrow.