transitive. Used (often in optative subjunctive with no subject expressed) to express contempt, rejection, etc., of a person or thing (cf. damn, v.…

A substitution for damn, v. 6, perhaps suggested by slam, n.2

transitive. = damn, v. 6.

slang. or colloquial. Used as a euphemism for ‘damn’, or as a kind of veiled imprecation.

A form of imprecation, giving vent to annoyance or angry vexation; = ‘Hang’, ‘dash’, ‘confound’.

transitive. In oaths and asseverations, expressing annoyance, hatred, dismissal, etc. Chiefly in optative with no subject expressed. Cf. bugger, v.…

transitive. = darn, v.2 Frequently with it. Cf. dagnabbit, int.