dang
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dăng; IPA(key): /dæŋ/
- (General American) enPR: dāng; IPA(key): /deɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -æŋ, -eɪŋ
Etymology 1 edit
c. 1797,[1] a minced oath of damn.
Verb edit
dang (third-person singular simple present dangs, present participle danging, simple past and past participle danged)
- (euphemistic) Damn.
Interjection edit
dang
- (euphemistic) Damn.
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
dang (not comparable)
- (euphemistic) Damn.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
Noun edit
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, […]
Etymology 2 edit
See ding.
Verb edit
dang
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
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[1]:
- Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage,
Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage.
References edit
- ^ “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 edit
- “dang”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “dang”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “dang” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
A lengthening of danë, Gheg variant of darë. Compare Old High German zanga (“tongs”).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun edit
dang f
Related terms edit
Jingpho edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Burmese တိုင်း (tuing:).
Verb edit
dang
- to measure
References edit
Kholosi edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective edit
dang
References edit
- 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
Luxembourgish edit
Verb edit
dang
Manam edit
Noun edit
dang
References edit
- Manam organized phonology data (2011, SIL)
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
dang (dang5/dang0, Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄤ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 當/当
dang
- Nonstandard spelling of dāng.
- Nonstandard spelling of dǎng.
- Nonstandard spelling of dàng.
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
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 edit
- John Enrico, Northern Haida Songs
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *taang (“to extend, stretch”); cognate with Khmer ត្រដាង (trɑdaang, “to stretch out limbs”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dang
- (of limbs) to stretch out
Related terms edit
- dạng (“to stretch out”)