Dang
interjection
Used to express disappointment or frustration.
Dang, I forgot my wallet at home.
Often appears as...
- dang it
- dang nabbit
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
Used to emphasize something, often to express surprise or admiration.
That's a dang good coffee.
Often appears as...
- dang good
- dang fine
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adverb
Used to emphasize an adjective or adverb, often to express surprise or admiration.
He runs dang fast.
Often appears as...
- dang fast
- dang hard
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
interjection
Used to express disappointment or frustration.
Dang, I forgot my wallet at home.
Often appears as...
- dang it
- dang nabbit
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
Used to emphasize something, often to express surprise or admiration.
That's a dang good coffee.
Often appears as...
- dang good
- dang fine
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adverb
Used to emphasize an adjective or adverb, often to express surprise or admiration.
He runs dang fast.
Often appears as...
- dang fast
- dang hard
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Annoyance
Dang is often used to show mild irritation or annoyance without being rude.
Dang, I missed the bus again.
Pro Tip 2/3Replacing Swear Words
Use 'dang' to avoid swearing in settings where cursing is inappropriate or offensive.
Dang it, that was my last pencil!
Pro Tip 3/3Casual Conversations
'Dang' is best used with friends or in casual settings, not in formal situations.
Dang, you really got me with that joke!
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Annoyance
Dang is often used to show mild irritation or annoyance without being rude.
Dang, I missed the bus again.
Pro Tip 2/3Replacing Swear Words
Use 'dang' to avoid swearing in settings where cursing is inappropriate or offensive.
Dang it, that was my last pencil!
Pro Tip 3/3Casual Conversations
'Dang' is best used with friends or in casual settings, not in formal situations.
Dang, you really got me with that joke!
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Annoyance
Dang is often used to show mild irritation or annoyance without being rude.
Dang, I missed the bus again.
Pro Tip 2/3Replacing Swear Words
Use 'dang' to avoid swearing in settings where cursing is inappropriate or offensive.
Dang it, that was my last pencil!
Pro Tip 3/3Casual Conversations
'Dang' is best used with friends or in casual settings, not in formal situations.
Dang, you really got me with that joke!
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Fuel Inspection PIPE Life...
there's no holes even a pinhole leak it's a protected ecosystem you can't leak fuel out all over it's just not the way it's done so I have to visually inspect each year each barrel this is a no bad ones are over here why are they bad well this one has a hole in it this one's beat up really dang bad it looks
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Poetic Stickup: Put the...
Like, "Wa da da dang, wa da da da dang, listen to my nine millimeter go bang." You know what? You are dumb. You are really dumb. Hide your kids, hide your wife, 'cause we gettin' financial aid all up and in and around here. You think this is a game? You think I want to be out here doing this?
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Everything is Going...
I get e.coli that's not gonna be good and I've been able to keep in contact with my mom and I haven't heard from her she's out on duty being a nurse as you guys know when the stuff is over we're gonna be here we're gonna be looking back at this and being like dang that was some crazy stuff
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The Secret History of...
when Vietnamese immigrant Johnny dang began making his own blinged-out version of them my name is Johnny day they call me the king of playing aka the grill master i will say that a lot of people out there they have a misconception of grills it's been a big part of our
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How to Photograph the...
because it's depending on the earth's rotation so we're faster race cars are faster race cars are approximately yeah one million times slower dang i thought i was going fast patience is probably the biggest thing you learn in racing and you see some
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Rocket City Rednecks...
trailer in the sticks now that guy's my daddy when he wasn't hunting for raccoon he was fixing up some rocket ships and launching him to the moon my nephew Michael so dang smart he put an engine on a shop in the car and we're gonna
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Food Aggression PIPE...
nice so I thought dang what you say no and thank he goes into that and then you go yes okay so you have to also yeah you have to borrow eNOS Russ okay good no good good look psychology helps people to calm
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
well very good sitting and talking of dung beetles I have always noticed dang beaters prefer more buffalo poo to make
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Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
how they're standing together almost like a puzzle so cute you see that little truck dang
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Angela Patton: A...
I was sitting with my girls, and Joy said, "Dang, I wish he'd get off my back.
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Fuel Inspection PIPE Life...
there's no holes even a pinhole leak it's a protected ecosystem you can't leak fuel out all over it's just not the way it's done so I have to visually inspect each year each barrel this is a no bad ones are over here why are they bad well this one has a hole in it this one's beat up really dang bad it looks
Video examples
Poetic Stickup: Put the...
Like, "Wa da da dang, wa da da da dang, listen to my nine millimeter go bang." You know what? You are dumb. You are really dumb. Hide your kids, hide your wife, 'cause we gettin' financial aid all up and in and around here. You think this is a game? You think I want to be out here doing this?
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Everything is Going...
I get e.coli that's not gonna be good and I've been able to keep in contact with my mom and I haven't heard from her she's out on duty being a nurse as you guys know when the stuff is over we're gonna be here we're gonna be looking back at this and being like dang that was some crazy stuff
Video examples
The Secret History of...
when Vietnamese immigrant Johnny dang began making his own blinged-out version of them my name is Johnny day they call me the king of playing aka the grill master i will say that a lot of people out there they have a misconception of grills it's been a big part of our
Video examples
How to Photograph the...
because it's depending on the earth's rotation so we're faster race cars are faster race cars are approximately yeah one million times slower dang i thought i was going fast patience is probably the biggest thing you learn in racing and you see some
Video examples
Rocket City Rednecks...
trailer in the sticks now that guy's my daddy when he wasn't hunting for raccoon he was fixing up some rocket ships and launching him to the moon my nephew Michael so dang smart he put an engine on a shop in the car and we're gonna
Video examples
Food Aggression PIPE...
nice so I thought dang what you say no and thank he goes into that and then you go yes okay so you have to also yeah you have to borrow eNOS Russ okay good no good good look psychology helps people to calm
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
well very good sitting and talking of dung beetles I have always noticed dang beaters prefer more buffalo poo to make
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Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
how they're standing together almost like a puzzle so cute you see that little truck dang
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Angela Patton: A...
I was sitting with my girls, and Joy said, "Dang, I wish he'd get off my back.
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Myles Garrett
American Athlete
I didn't know how this would play out when I was a kid. I knew I wanted to play ball, be a paleontologist, and write poetry. I thought, 'Heck, where will I find the time? Well, football comes first, and I'll just find some time for poetry, and paleontology can come at the end.' I made this plan at 14, and dang, it's all coming together.
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Ken Griffey Jr.
American Athlete
I enjoy photography. It's a lot of fun. It keeps me on my P's and Q's and, when you think about it, most people think photography is just going to a game. But you start to think, dang, that would be a good picture. Or you're driving along and see something and think, 'that would be nice.
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Jeff Foxworthy
American Comedian
If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.
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J. J. Watt
American Athlete
Obviously, you get to do a lot of great things and cool opportunities at the Super Bowl. But at the end of the day, we all want to be here as a player. That's the goal, and that's why I work so dang hard.
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Leon Russell
American Musician
I think probably my main advice to new artists is if you want to be in the music business, you need to be dang serious about it because it's a rough business.
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Tim Robinson
American Comedian
Oh my god, this makes me laugh so much: I once saw this young woman fall in a bar in Chicago, and she got up and she's like, 'These dang Sketcher Shape-ups!
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Rulon Gardner
American Wrestler
That's why I kept wrestling - I'm too dumb to realize I can't win, so I keep wrestling until I ultimately succeed. I'm pretty dang stubborn.
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Jake Peavy
American Athlete
Any city that's worth a dang certainly has a musical heartbeat, a culture, and a scene that can stand on its own.
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Phillip Phillips
American Musician
I'm from South Georgia, so my mom, she always cooked some dang good food when I was growing up.
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Ariel Gore
American Journalist
Researchers warn us against walking out on married life without a dang good reason.
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Myles Garrett
American Athlete
I didn't know how this would play out when I was a kid. I knew I wanted to play ball, be a paleontologist, and write poetry. I thought, 'Heck, where will I find the time? Well, football comes first, and I'll just find some time for poetry, and paleontology can come at the end.' I made this plan at 14, and dang, it's all coming together.
Quote examples
Ken Griffey Jr.
American Athlete
I enjoy photography. It's a lot of fun. It keeps me on my P's and Q's and, when you think about it, most people think photography is just going to a game. But you start to think, dang, that would be a good picture. Or you're driving along and see something and think, 'that would be nice.
Quote examples
Jeff Foxworthy
American Comedian
If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.
Quote examples
J. J. Watt
American Athlete
Obviously, you get to do a lot of great things and cool opportunities at the Super Bowl. But at the end of the day, we all want to be here as a player. That's the goal, and that's why I work so dang hard.
Quote examples
Leon Russell
American Musician
I think probably my main advice to new artists is if you want to be in the music business, you need to be dang serious about it because it's a rough business.
Quote examples
Tim Robinson
American Comedian
Oh my god, this makes me laugh so much: I once saw this young woman fall in a bar in Chicago, and she got up and she's like, 'These dang Sketcher Shape-ups!
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Rulon Gardner
American Wrestler
That's why I kept wrestling - I'm too dumb to realize I can't win, so I keep wrestling until I ultimately succeed. I'm pretty dang stubborn.
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Jake Peavy
American Athlete
Any city that's worth a dang certainly has a musical heartbeat, a culture, and a scene that can stand on its own.
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Phillip Phillips
American Musician
I'm from South Georgia, so my mom, she always cooked some dang good food when I was growing up.
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Ariel Gore
American Journalist
Researchers warn us against walking out on married life without a dang good reason.
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