"dang" meaning in English

See dang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dæŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-dang.ogg
enPR: dăng [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -æŋ Etymology: First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn. Etymology templates: {{etydate|c|1797}} First attested in c. 1797 Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} dang (not comparable)
  1. (euphemistic) Damn. Tags: euphemistic, not-comparable Categories (topical): English minced oaths Synonyms: darn, durn
    Sense id: en-dang-en-adj-KELWat6M Disambiguation of English minced oaths: 39 39 12 0 6 1 1 1 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 23 24 4 20 1 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

IPA: /dæŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-dang.ogg
enPR: dăng [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -æŋ Etymology: First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn. Etymology templates: {{etydate|c|1797}} First attested in c. 1797 Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} dang (not comparable)
  1. (euphemistic) Damn. Tags: euphemistic, not-comparable Categories (topical): English minced oaths Synonyms: darn, durn
    Sense id: en-dang-en-adv-KELWat6M Disambiguation of English minced oaths: 39 39 12 0 6 1 1 1 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 23 24 4 20 1 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection

IPA: /dæŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-dang.ogg
enPR: dăng [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -æŋ Etymology: First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn. Etymology templates: {{etydate|c|1797}} First attested in c. 1797 Head templates: {{en-interj}} dang
  1. (euphemistic) Damn. Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): English minced oaths Derived forms: dang it, dang tootin', dang tooting, gall dang, goshdang, goshdangit, hot dang
    Sense id: en-dang-en-intj-KELWat6M Disambiguation of English minced oaths: 39 39 12 0 6 1 1 1 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 23 24 4 20 1 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /dæŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-dang.ogg Forms: dangs [plural]
enPR: dăng [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -æŋ Etymology: First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn. Etymology templates: {{etydate|c|1797}} First attested in c. 1797 Head templates: {{en-noun}} dang (plural dangs)
  1. (euphemistic) A damn, a negligible quantity, minimal consideration. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-dang-en-noun--8ubWPbL Categories (other): English euphemisms
  2. (humorous, rare) A dam (structure placed around a body of water), used because of the homophony between dam and damn. Tags: humorous, rare
    Sense id: en-dang-en-noun-DmV7WKLr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 23 24 4 20 1 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /dæŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-dang.ogg Forms: dangs [present, singular, third-person], danging [participle, present], danged [participle, past], danged [past]
enPR: dăng [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -æŋ Etymology: First attested in c. 1797, a minced oath of damn. Etymology templates: {{etydate|c|1797}} First attested in c. 1797 Head templates: {{en-verb}} dang (third-person singular simple present dangs, present participle danging, simple past and past participle danged)
  1. (euphemistic) Damn. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-dang-en-verb-KELWat6M Categories (other): English euphemisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /dæŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-dang.ogg
enPR: dăng [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -æŋ Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} dang
  1. (obsolete) simple past of ding Tags: form-of, obsolete, past Form of: ding
    Sense id: en-dang-en-verb-en:dinged
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /dæŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-dang.ogg Forms: dangs [present, singular, third-person], danging [participle, present], danged [participle, past], danged [past]
enPR: dăng [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -æŋ Head templates: {{en-verb}} dang (third-person singular simple present dangs, present participle danging, simple past and past participle danged)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To dash. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-dang-en-verb-xX3Ksh9N
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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