Dang

//dæŋ// adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Damn. euphemistic, not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    Damn. euphemistic, not-comparable

    "Draining your pasta water (and reserving a bit for your pasta sauce recipe) is so dang easy with this clip-on strainer. Plus, it wastes waaay less cabinet space than a traditional colander."

Intj
  1. 1
    Damn. euphemistic
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A district of Gujarat, India.
Noun
  1. 1
    A damn, a negligible quantity, minimal consideration. euphemistic

    "I don't give a dang."

  2. 2
    A dam (structure placed around a body of water), used because of the homophony between dam and damn. humorous, rare

    "I don't often yell at my players or officials--I've never once thrown a chair, the best I ever did was a clipboard--and I never curse. People like to joke that I once went on vacation to the Hoover Dang."

Verb
  1. 1
    Damn. euphemistic
  2. 2
    simple past of ding form-of, obsolete, past
  3. 3
    To dash. obsolete, transitive

    "Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage, Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage."

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn.

Etymology 2

First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn.

Etymology 3

First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn.

Etymology 4

First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn.

Etymology 5

First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn.

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 7

Borrowed from Vietnamese Đặng or Eastern Min 鄭/郑 (Dâng).

Etymology 8

Borrowed from Gujarati ડાંગ (ḍā̃g)

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