dammit
interjectionnouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈdæmɪt//
- //ˈdæmət//
Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
interjection
- 1
slangExpressing 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!
Etymology
Univerbation of damn + it.
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.
Forms
- plural
- dammits
dammit · Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
damn · To condemn.damnation · The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed…damned · Godforsaken.