dang
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: dăng, IPA(key): /dæŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æŋ
Etymology 1
c. 1797,[1] a minced oath of damn.
Verb
dang (third-person singular simple present dangs, present participle danging, simple past and past participle danged)
- (euphemistic) Damn.
Interjection
dang
- (euphemistic) Damn.
Derived terms
- dang it
- dang tootin'
- dang tooting
- gall dang
- hot dang
Adjective
dang (not comparable)
- (euphemistic) Damn.
Synonyms
- darn, durn
Translations
Noun
dang (plural dangs)
- (euphemistic) A damn, a negligible quantity, minimal consideration.
- I don't give a dang.
- (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, […]
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Etymology 2
See ding.
Verb
dang
- (obsolete) simple past tense 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)
- (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.
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References
- “dang”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary“dang, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
- “dang”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- dang at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “dang” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.
Anagrams
- N.D. Ga., NDGA, gDNA, gdna
Albanian
Etymology
A lengthening of danë, Gheg variant of darë. Compare Old High German zanga (“tongs”).
Noun
dang f
- bite, nip
Related terms
- darë
Jingpho
Etymology
Borrowed from Burmese တိုင်း (tuing:).
Verb
dang
- to measure
References
- Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research, volume 35, DOI:, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128
Kholosi
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
dang
- 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
- second-person singular imperative of dangen
Manam
Noun
dang
- water
References
- Manam organized phonology data (2011, SIL)
Mandarin
Romanization
dang (dang5 / dang0, Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄤ)
- Nonstandard spelling of dāng.
- Nonstandard spelling of dǎng.
- Nonstandard spelling of dàng.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Northern Haida
Etymology
From Haida dáng.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d̥aŋ/
Pronoun
dang
- 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?
- haaw-gwaa dang qaaguhla-gii? (in songs or storytelling)
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
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zaːŋ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jaːŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jaːŋ˧˧]
Verb
dang
- (of limbs) to stretch out
Related terms
- dạng (“to stretch out”)