doggone
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
/ˈdɒɡ.ɒn/
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/ˈdɒɡ.ɒn/ · /ˈdɑɡ.ɑn/
Definition of doggone
3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(US, dialectal, euphemistic, form-of, no-comparative)Euphemistic form of goddamned.
“I lost my doggone keys again!”
“"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!"”
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adj
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(US, dialectal, euphemistic, form-of, no-comparative)Euphemistic form of goddamned.
“I lost my doggone keys again!”
“"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!"”
intj
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(US, dialectal, euphemistic, form-of)Euphemistic form of goddamned, an expression of anger or annoyance.
“Doggone! I lost my keys again.”
verb
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(US, dialectal)To damn; to curse.
“[…] doggoning something or other with deep sincerity.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned.
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