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Dang
Definitions
- 1 Damn. euphemistic, not-comparable
- 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."
- 1 Damn. euphemistic
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A district of Gujarat, India.
- 1 A damn, a negligible quantity, minimal consideration. euphemistic
"I don't give a dang."
- 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."
- 1 Damn. euphemistic
- 2 simple past of ding form-of, obsolete, past
- 3 To dash. obsolete, transitive
"Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage, Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage."
Etymology
First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn.
First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn.
First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn.
First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn.
First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Borrowed from Vietnamese Đặng or Eastern Min 鄭/郑 (Dâng).
Borrowed from Gujarati ડાંગ (ḍā̃g)
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