doggone
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dŏgŏn; IPA(key): /ˈdɒɡ.ɒn/
- (General American) enPR: dägän; IPA(key): /ˈdɑɡ.ɑn/
Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
[edit]doggone (no comparative, superlative doggonest)
- (US, dialectal) Euphemistic form of goddamned.
- I lost my doggone keys again!
- 1849, Emerson Bennett, Leni-Leoti; or, Adventures in the Far West:
- "Hist!" exclaimed Black George. "I'll be dog-gone ef [if] I don't think we're chawed [chewed] up this time, sure as sin!"
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:damned
Translations
[edit]Interjection
[edit]doggone
- (US, dialectal) Euphemistic form of goddamned; an expression of anger or annoyance.
- Doggone! I lost my keys again.
Verb
[edit]doggone (third-person singular simple present doggones, present participle doggoning, simple past and past participle doggoned)
- (US, dialectal) To damn; to curse.
- 1915, The Scoop, volume 4, page 247:
- […] doggoning something or other with deep sincerity.
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