doggone

adj
/ˈdɒɡ.ɒn/UK/ˈdɑɡ.ɑn/US

Etymology

Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned.

Definitions

  1. 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!"
  2. Euphemistic form of goddamned, an expression of anger or annoyance.

    • Doggone! I lost my keys again.
  3. To damn

    To damn; to curse.

    • […] doggoning something or other with deep sincerity.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for doggone. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA