dammit

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈdæmɪt/
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/ˈdæmɪt/ · /ˈdæmət/

Definition of dammit

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

intj

  1. (slang, vulgar)Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
    “"No plot! Why, dammit girl, it's all plot, woven about that most fascinating of human problems, the Electra complex!"”
    “Rahneesh: For the last time, my name isn’t Rahneesh! My parents named me Esther, dammit!”
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intj

  1. (slang, vulgar)Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
    “"No plot! Why, dammit girl, it's all plot, woven about that most fascinating of human problems, the Electra complex!"”
    “Rahneesh: For the last time, my name isn’t Rahneesh! My parents named me Esther, dammit!”

noun

  1. The saying of the interjection, used as a general measure of anything.
    “... my life at Cannes was as blameless as dammit.”
    “... and I may say that I was as limpid as dammit.”
    “Get us about, quick as dammit! Clew up tops'ls, there!”
    “I mean I'd banked on getting that permission, I'd as near as dammit been promised I'd get it. Can you wonder I was fed up to my back teeth?”
  2. A fastener used for military medals, name tags or other things that are pinned to a uniform; a clutch, a clutchback.
    “We couldn't find enough dammits (a cap that goes over the pin to hold it on). We were lucky to find our name tags.”

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Etymology

Univerbation of damn + it.

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