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Starts To Express Vexation When Setters Vague

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adjective satellite

• deliberately vague or ambiguous

• avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire

32%4 Casual exclamation used to express vexation
noun

• A damn, a negligible quantity, minimal consideration.

verb

• Damn.

• To hit or strike.

• To dash; to throw violently.

• To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.

• To fire or reject.

• To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.

• To mishit (a golf ball).

• To dash.

adjective

• Damn.

interjection

• Damn.

32%10 Used to express vexation or annoyance
noun

• The act or process of damnation or reprobation; hell.

• Someone or something that causes trouble; troublemaker.

interjection

• Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc.

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