dang
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 4
/ˈdæŋ/
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/ˈdæŋ/ · [ˈdæŋ] · /ˈdeɪ̯ŋ/ (US) · [ˈdeɪ̯ŋ] (US) · /ˈdɛ̃ŋ/ (US) · [ˈdɛ̃ŋ] (US) · /dæŋ/
Definition of dang
10 senses · 6 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (euphemistic)Damn.
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verb
- (euphemistic)Damn.
- (form-of, obsolete, past)simple past of ding
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(obsolete, transitive)To dash.
“Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage, Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage.”
intj
- (euphemistic)Damn.
adj
- (euphemistic, not-comparable)Damn.
adv
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(euphemistic, not-comparable)Damn.
“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.”
noun
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(euphemistic)A damn, a negligible quantity, minimal consideration.
“I don't give a dang.”
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(humorous, rare)A dam (structure placed around a body of water), used because of the homophony between dam and damn.
“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.”
““Momma, Keisha says we have to call it the 'Hoover Dang'.” Monique laughed, and it felt good. “No, honey. You don't have to call it that.[…]”
name
- A surname.
- A district of Gujarat, India.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn.
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