dang

See also: dáng, dàng, dāng, dǎng, dạng, đang, đáng, đắng, đảng, đẳng, and Đảng

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: dăng, IPA^(key): /dæŋ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æŋ

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.

Adjective

dang (not comparable)

1. (euphemistic) Damn.

Synonyms

• darn, durn

Translations

damn — see damn

Noun

dang (plural dangs)

1. A damn, a negligible quantity, minimal consideration.

   I don't give a dang.

Etymology 2

See ding.

Verb

dang

1. (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)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To dash.

   (Can we date this quote?), Christopher Marlowe, Hero and Leander‎^[1]:

   Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage,
   Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage.

Further reading

• “dang” in the Collins English Dictionary
• dang at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “dang” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2021.

Anagrams

• N.D. Ga., NDGA, gDNA, gdna

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Albanian

Etymology

A lengthening of danë, Gheg variant of darë. Compare Old High German zanga (“tongs”).

Noun

dang f

1. bite, nip

Related terms

• darë

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Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese တိုင်း (tuing:)

Verb

dang

1. to measure

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[2], volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128

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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^[3], pages 13-36

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Luxembourgish

Verb

dang

1. second-person singular imperative of dangen

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Manam

Noun

dang

1. water

References

• Manam organized phonology data (2011, SIL)

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Mandarin

Romanization

dang (Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄤ)

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

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Northern Haida

Etymology

From Haida dáng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̥aŋ/

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

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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

1. (of limbs) to stretch out

Related terms

• dạng (“to stretch out”)