English edit

Pronunciation edit

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)

  1. (euphemistic) Damn.

Interjection edit

dang

  1. (euphemistic) Damn.
Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

dang (not comparable)

  1. (euphemistic) Damn.
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Noun edit

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 edit

See ding.

Verb edit

dang

  1. (obsolete) simple past of ding

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)

  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.

References edit

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

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Anagrams edit

Albanian edit

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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

  1. bite, nip

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Jingpho edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Burmese တိုင်း (tuing:).

Verb edit

dang

  1. to measure

References edit

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

Kholosi edit

Etymology edit

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

Adjective edit

dang

  1. full

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

  1. second-person singular imperative of dangen

Manam edit

Noun edit

dang

  1. water

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Mandarin edit

Romanization edit

dang (dang5dang0, Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄤ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

dang

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

From Haida dáng.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

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 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

  1. (of limbs) to stretch out

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