dang

present singular third person dangs · participle present danging · participle past danged · past danged

1. euphemisticDamn.

1. euphemisticDamn.

1. euphemisticnot comparableDamn.

   Synonyms: darn, durn

1. euphemisticnot comparableDamn.

   Draining your pasta water (and reserving a bit for your pasta sauce recipe) is so dang easy with this clip-on strainer. Plus, it wastes waaay less cabinet space than a traditional colander.

   2024 October 8, Lauren Gruber, Megan Uy, “We Found Sooo Many Viral TikTok Items on Sale for October Prime Day”, in Cosmopolitan

   Synonyms: darn, durn

plural dangs

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

   I don't give a dang.

2. humorousrareA dam (structure placed around a body of water), used because of the homophony between dam and damn.

   “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.[…]

   2009, Chuck Holton, Melt Down, Multnomah, →ISBN, page 194

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   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.

   2006 October 3, Lute Olson, David Fisher, Lute!: The Seasons of My Life, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 4

1. obsoletepastsimple past of ding

present singular third person dangs · participle present danging · participle past danged · past danged

1. obsoletetransitiveTo dash.

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

   (Can we date this quote?), Christopher Marlowe, Hero and Leander

plural Dangs

1. A surname.

1. A district of Gujarat, India.