dammit

[ dam-it ]

/ ˈdæm ɪt /

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interjection Eye Dialect.

damn it (used as a mild expletive).

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Origin of dammit

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby dammit

damiana, Damien, Damietta, daminozide, dammar, dammit, damn, damnable, damnably, damnation, damnatory

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How to use dammit in a sentence

Then as you watch it more and more, you’re like ‘Dammit, this movie is charming.
Inside the Mind of The Mindy Project’s Resident Weirdo, Ike Barinholtz|Kevin Fallon|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dammit, hae ye nae common sense, swearin' an' jokin' about sic a thing!
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
Poverty was another vice which the peculiar physical deficiency of Dammit's mother had entailed upon her son.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe
Through this latter most ungentlemanly practice, the ruin which I had predicted to Toby Dammit overtook him at last.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe

Not so upon those of the unhappy Dammit, who offered to bet the Devil his head that I was hipped.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe
When I had made an end of my lecture, Mr. Dammit indulged himself in some very equivocal behavior.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe

British Dictionary definitions for dammit

dammit

/ (ˈdæmɪt) /

interjection

a contracted form of damn it

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