dang

«dang» in Mova's school dictionary: a mild stand-in for «damn», showing annoyance or surprise — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

interjection, adjective, adverb (dang, danged, dang it)

meaning for a pupil

1) (euphemism, informal, US) a mild stand-in for «damn», showing annoyance or surprise. tree →

2) (adverb, US) very («dang good»). tree →

sense in the lessons

Very common in American speech, especially the South and countryside; polite enough for children; in cartoons and westerns.

examples

• Dang it, I missed the bus! tree →
• That's a dang good burger. tree →
• The dang car won't start again. tree →
• «Dang!» said the cowboy when he lost his hat. tree →
• Dang, it's cold out here. tree →
• Where'd I put my dang glasses? tree →
• "Dang it!" said the fool, as he scratched his head. tree →

note

Mild, safe in front of most adults in the USA. Sounds American and folksy.

In the corpora

• "Dang" is a mild word used instead of "damn"; it is American.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dang» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.