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verb · intransitive · rare

doggone

doggone · doggones · doggoned · doggoning

To damn; to curseTo damn; to curse.

UK/ˈdɒɡ.ɒn/US/ˈdɑɡ.ɑn/

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

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Examples

1 sentences

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

1 senses

(US, dialectal)To damn; to curse.

Origin

Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned.

Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned.

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Forms

doggones, doggoning, doggoned, doggoned

regular · Lesson

Base form	doggone · to doggone
3rd person singular	doggones
Present participle	doggoning
Past simple	doggoned
Past participle	doggoned

Tenses

doggone · doggoned · will doggone · have doggoned

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	doggone
he, she, it	doggones

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have doggoned
he, she, it	has doggoned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will doggone

Past simpleLesson

all persons

doggoned

Word family

5 related words

RelateddamnB2 dangnabbit daggum dang darn

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

dogged doggo doggy doghouse

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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