Definition of "doggone" [dog•gone]

• To damn. (verb-transitive)
• Damn. (interjection)
• Damned. See Regional Note at damned. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• ""Democrat energy solutions have basically been a lot like those newfangled curlicue light bulbs," she complained, calling the doggone things "too expensive.""
• "Hopefully, Fey will lampoon all that "doggone" notecard reading on tomorrow's show."
• "I'm quite certain that you connect with the white, white, orange-slice bringin ', church-never-missin', "doggone" sayin ', soccerhockeyfootballmomn' moms and dads, and their moms and dads."