Meaning

1 senses

  1. (US, dialectal)To damn; to curse.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I'm so doggone exhausted, I can't even think straight.

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Origin

Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned.

Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned.

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Forms

doggones, doggoning, doggoned, doggoned
Base formdoggone · to doggone
3rd person singulardoggones
Present participledoggoning
Past simpledoggoned
Past participledoggoned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydoggone
he, she, itdoggones

Past simpleLesson

all personsdoggoned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave doggoned
he, she, ithas doggoned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill doggone

Word family

5 related words
RelateddamnB2dangnabbitdaggumdangdarn

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
doggeddoggodoggydoghouse
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