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dammit

American

[dam-it] / ˈdæm ɪt /

interjection

Eye Dialect.

damn it (used as a mild expletive).

dammit British

/ ˈdæmɪt /

interjection

a contracted form of damn it

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of dammit

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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But the war ended, and the smog didn’t, and L.A. wiped its weepy red eyes and demanded some solutions, dammit.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

So I'm likelier to endure a higher level of noise and duration of damaging sound, because dammit, I'm enjoying it.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2022

I will miss accidentally clicking on you, going "dammit" and then shutting you down right away.

From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2022

If he was my client, I would remind him about the short As, because I did catch a few short As like plan, dammit, captain.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2021

I don’t know what problem the stove was having, but if I know Mateo, and dammit I do, I bet he was doing something nice for us, something that absolutely isn’t worth his life.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

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