dang

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

c. 1797, a minced oath of damn.

Verb

dang (third-person singular simple present dangs, present participle danging, simple past and past participle danged)

  1. (euphemistic) Damn.

Interjection

dang

  1. (euphemistic) Damn.
Derived terms

Adjective

dang (not comparable)

  1. (euphemistic) Damn.
Synonyms
Translations
damn — see damn

Noun

dang (plural dangs)

  1. (euphemistic) A damn, a negligible quantity, minimal consideration.
    I don't give a dang.
  2. (humorous, rare) A dam (structure placed around a body of water), used because of the homophony between dam and damn.
    • 2006 October 3, Lute Olson, David Fisher, Lute!: The Seasons of My Life, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 4:
      People like to joke that I once went on vacation to the Hoover Dang. But believe me, that emotion is there. I get just as excited and angry and tangled up inside as everyone else; the difference is that generally I show it through my […]
    • 2009, Chuck Holton, Melt Down, Multnomah, →ISBN, page 194:
      “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. But we better run. I don't want you kids to miss this.” She giggled as her two daughters caught up, […]

Etymology 2

See ding.

Verb

dang

  1. (obsolete) simple past of ding

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

dang (third-person singular simple present dangs, present participle danging, simple past and past participle danged)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To dash.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Christopher Marlowe, Hero and Leander‎:
      Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage,
      Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage.

References

  1. ^ “dang”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.“dang, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

Anagrams

Albanian

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Etymology

A lengthening of danë, Gheg variant of darë. Compare Old High German zanga (“tongs”).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

dang f

  1. bite, nip

Related terms

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese တိုင်း (tuing:).

Verb

dang

  1. to measure

References

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Kholosi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

dang

  1. full

References

  • Eric Anonby, Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx‎, pages 13-36

Luxembourgish

Verb

dang

  1. second-person singular imperative of dangen

Manam

Noun

dang

  1. water

References

Mandarin

Romanization

dang (dang5／dang0, Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄤ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 當／当

dang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of dāng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of dǎng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of dàng.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Northern Haida

Etymology

From Haida dáng.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

dang

  1. you
    haaw-gwaa dang qaaguhla-gii? (in songs or storytelling)
    /haːw.ɡ̊waː d̥aŋ qʰaːɡ̊uhla.ɡ̊i/
    there-(question) you leave-(perfect tense)
    Have you left?
    kuu-gu dang qaaguhl-gii? (in speech)
    /kʰːu.ɡ̊u d̥aŋ qʰaːɡ̊uhl.ɡ̊i/
    there-(question) you leave-(perfect tense)
    Have you left?

References

  • John Enrico, Northern Haida Songs

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *taang (“to extend, stretch”); cognate with Khmer ត្រដាង (trɑdaang, “to stretch out limbs”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dang

  1. (of limbs) to stretch out

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