different between dang vs drat

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?ng, IPA^(key): /dæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

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.

Adjective

dang (not comparable)

1. (euphemistic) Damn.

Synonyms

• darn, durn

Translations

Noun

dang (plural dangs)

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

Etymology 2

See ding.

Verb

dang

1. (obsolete) simple past tense 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.

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

Anagrams

• N.D. Ga., NDGA, gDNA, gdna

Albanian

Etymology

A lengthening of danë, Gheg variant of darë. Compare Old High German zanga (“tongs”).

Noun

dang f

1. bite, nip

Related terms

• darë

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ?????? (tuing:)

Verb

dang

1. to measure

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31) , “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research?^[1], volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, 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?^[2], 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 (Zhuyin ???)

1. Nonstandard spelling of d?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of d?ng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of dàng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Northern Haida

Etymology

From Haida dáng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?a?/

Pronoun

dang

1. you

   haaw-gwaa dang qaaguhla-gii? (in songs or storytelling)

   /ha?w.??wa? d?a? q?a???uhla.??i/

   there-(question) you leave-(perfect tense)

   Have you left?

   kuu-gu dang qaaguhl-gii? (in speech)

   /k??u.??u d?a? q?a???uhl.??i/

   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 ?????? (tr?daang, “to stretch out limbs”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [za????]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [ja????]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ja????]

Verb

dang

1. (of limbs) to stretch out

Related terms

• d?ng (“to stretch out”)

English

Etymology

An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?æt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Verb

drat (third-person singular simple present drats, present participle dratting, simple past and past participle dratted)

1. (transitive) To damn or curse.

   Drat you and your evil schemes!

   • 1882, The Japan Daily Mail (page 1129)

     Whereat Mr. Fussy Fumer, gravely displeased, hastens home and writes an anonymous letter to Mrs. Gamp, who joins him in dratting the 'imperent upstart,' and denouncing the incompetence of the police.

   • 1999, Guy Murchie, The Seven Mysteries of Life: An Exploration in Science & Philosophy - Page 14

     And should you be one of those conventional persons who thinks of parasites as abnormal or perhaps goes so far as to drat the varmints, you may be surprised to discover, as I did, that parasites live both inside and outside most organisms in all the kingdoms, which makes parasitism thoroughly normal […]

Translations

Interjection

drat!

1. Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration.

   Drat! I forgot to post these letters.

Synonyms

• crap!
• damn!
• fuck!
• goddammit!
• shit!

Translations

Anagrams

• 'tard, -tard, ADRT, Art.D., DART, DTRA, Dart, dart, tard, trad

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dr?ctus < *d?r?ctus, from Latin d?rectus.

Adjective

drat

1. straight

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch draad (“screw thread”, literally “thread, wire”) (formally schroefdraad (“screw thread”)), from Middle Dutch drâet, from Old Dutch *thr?d, from Proto-Germanic *þr?duz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d(??)rat?]
• Hyphenation: drat

Noun

drat (first-person possessive dratku, second-person possessive dratmu, third-person possessive dratnya)

1. (engineering) screw thread: a helical ridge formed around a cylinder, or a helical groove formed around the inner wall of a bore, used mostly on fasteners and their connection points.

Further reading

• “drat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d?at]

Noun

drat (nominative plural drats)

1. wire (metal)

Declension

Derived terms

• drataflökot
• dratakab
• dratakef
• dratasib
• dratatreil
• dratavivot
• dratazäp
• dratihitiridan
• dratijitiridan
• dratik
• dratitirid
• dratitiridam
• dratitiridan
• dratitiridian
• dratitiridön
• dugodadrat
• feradrat
• goldadrat
• goldadratitiridan
• largentadrat
• largentadratitiridan
• metaladrat
• stinadrat
• telefonadrat