Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • interjection Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance.
  • adverb & adjective Damn.
  • transitive verb To damn.
  • noun The least valuable bit; a jot.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A minced form of damn in its profane use. Also ding. See dinged.
  • noun Preterit of ding.
  • To beat; throw; dash; force.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To dash.
  • obsolete imp. of ding.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive, obsolete To dash
  • verb obsolete Simple past of ding.
  • verb euphemistic Damn.
  • interjection euphemistic Damn.
  • adjective euphemistic Damn.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Alteration of damn.]

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See ding

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Examples

  • For the clangour continued at the same rate, -- _Dang, dang dang, dang_.

    The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias George Manville Fenn 1870

  • It was unmistakable: the big bell was going as he had never heard it before -- not being rung, but as if someone had hold of the clapper and were beating it against the side -- _Dang, dang, dang, dang_ -- stroke following stroke rapidly; and, half-confused by the sleep from which he had been awakened, Vane was trying to make out what it meant, when faintly, but plainly heard on the still night air, came that most startling of cries --

    The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias George Manville Fenn 1870

  • I mean she named her dang CD B. L.O.G, cuz she detest them!

    'Real Housewives of Atlanta' recap: Hang in there, Kandi | EW.com 2009

  • No, this is going to be an anthology where every poem you alight on and read, you say to yourself, Holy God dang, that is good.

    THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

  • No, this is going to be an anthology where every poem you alight on and read, you say to yourself, Holy God dang, that is good.

    THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

  • It had alot of potential that somewhat fell short at points bugs mostly but dang, that is a fun game!

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Need your help again…Games that should get more attention. 2005

  • And it sucks because I really started liking Jim Carrey after Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (dang, that is such a a good movie).

    EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines Mandi Bierly 2010

  • "This will have an impact on Ontarians, and your disregard and the fact that you don't give a dang is a problem," spokesman Kevin Gaudet told the Liberals on the committee.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2009

  • dang, that is some super cool stuff, your right the hands are amazing!

    Frank Stockton Irene Gallo 2010

  • Swearing at/in front of kids is definitely different from what I'm used to -- even as a foul-mouthed college kid I watched my language around kids I did slip up once while babysitting, however, saying "dang" in front of a promptly-horrified 5-year-old, who was mollified by my immediate pact with him promising that neither of us would ever swear again. :p

    OK, I get it. Angry Professor 2009

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  • "How official are these documents? Pretty dang official - they were issued by the General Administration of Sport of China."

    (Stephen Hutcheon, on The Sydney Morning Herald*, in an article about the underaged gymnasts controversy.)

    *I don't read it.

    August 23, 2008