dang
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: dăng; IPA(key): /dæŋ/
- (General American) enPR: dăng, dāng; IPA(key): /dæŋ/, (phonemic /æ/-raising) /deɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -æŋ, -eɪŋ
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
Adjective
dang (not comparable)
- (euphemistic) Damn.
Synonyms
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:
- I don't often yell at my players or officials--I've never once thrown a chair, the best I ever did was a clipboard--and I never curse. People like to joke that I once went on vacation to the Hoover Dang.
- 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. […]
Etymology 2
See ding.
Verb
dang
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[1]:
- Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage,
Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage.
References
- ^ “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
- “dang”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “dang”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “dang” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
A lengthening of danë, Gheg variant of darë. Compare Old High German zanga (“tongs”).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
dang f
Related terms
Javanese
Romanization
dang
- Romanization of ꦢꦁ
Jingpho
Etymology
Borrowed from Burmese တိုင်း (tuing:).
Verb
dang
- to measure
References
- Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research[2], volume 35, , →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
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
Luxembourgish
Verb
dang
Manam
Noun
dang
References
- Manam organized phonology data (2011, SIL)
Mandarin
Romanization
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
- 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
Pronunciation
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
Verb
dang
- (of limbs) to stretch out
Related terms
- dạng (“to stretch out”)
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