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4-letter words (1 found)

DANG,

3-letter words (6 found)

AND,DAG,DAN,GAD,GAN,NAG,

2-letter words (5 found)

AD,AG,AN,DA,NA,

You can make 12 words from dang according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of dang

dang adng dnag ndag andg nadg dagn adgn dgan gdan agdn gadn dnga ndga dgna gdna ngda gnda angd nagd agnd gand ngad gnad

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Definitions and meaning of dang

dang

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, a minced oath of damn.

Verb

dang (third-person singular simple present dangs, present participle danging, simple past and past participle danged)

  1. (euphemistic) Damn.

Interjection

dang

  1. (euphemistic) Damn.
Derived terms

Adjective

dang (not comparable)

  1. (euphemistic) Damn.
Synonyms
  • darn, durn
Translations

Noun

dang (plural dangs)

  1. (euphemistic) A damn, a negligible quantity, minimal consideration.
  2. (humorous, rare) A dam (structure placed around a body of water), used because of the homophony between dam and damn.

Etymology 2

See ding.

Verb

dang

  1. (obsolete) simple past of ding

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)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To dash.

References

Further reading

  • “dang”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  • “dang”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “dang” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Anagrams

  • N.D. Ga., NDGA, gDNA, gdna

Albanian

Etymology

A lengthening of danë, Gheg variant of darë. Compare Old High German zanga (“tongs”).(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

dang f

  1. bite, nip

Related terms

  • darë

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese တိုင်း (tuing:).

Verb

dang

  1. to measure

References

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎[2], volume 35, →DOI, →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

  1. full

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

  1. second-person singular imperative of dangen

Manam

Noun

dang

  1. water

References

  • Manam organized phonology data (2011, SIL)

Mandarin

Romanization

dang (dang5／dang0, Zhuyin ˙ㄉㄤ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 當／当

dang

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

From Haida dáng.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̥aŋ/

Pronoun

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

  • 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

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jaːŋ˧˧]

Verb

dang

  1. (of limbs) to stretch out

Related terms

  • dạng (“to stretch out”)

Source: wiktionary.org