What (who) is darn - definition
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Darned; Darn (disambiguation)
darn
(darns, darning, darned)
1.
If you darn something knitted or made of cloth, you mend a hole in it by sewing stitches across the hole and then weaving stitches in and out of them.
Aunt Emilie darned old socks...
VERB: V n
• darning
...chores such as sewing and darning.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
People sometimes use darn or darned to emphasize what they are saying, often when they are annoyed. (INFORMAL)
There's not a darn thing he can do about it...
= damn, damned
ADJ: ADJ n [emphasis]
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Darn is also an adverb.
...the desire to be free to do just as we darn well please...
ADV: ADV adj/adv
3.
You can say I'll be darned to show that you are very surprised about something. (AM INFORMAL)
'A talking pig!' he exclaimed. 'Well, I'll be darned.'
PHRASE [feelings]
darn
darn1
¦ verb mend (knitted material) by interweaving yarn across it with a needle.
?embroider with a large running stitch.
¦ noun a place in a garment that has been darned.
Derivatives
darning noun
Origin
C17: perh. from dialect dern 'to hide', from OE diernan, of W. Gmc origin.
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darn2
(US also durn)
¦ verb, adjective, & exclamation informal euphemism for damn.
darn
n. (colloq.)
small amount
not to give a darn (I don't give a darn!)
Wikipedia
Darn
Darn may refer to:
- Darning, a sewing technique
- Darn, a minced oath for "damn"
Pronunciation examples for darn
1. Darn.
Open Source on a Universal Scale _ Alyssa Goodman _ Talks at Google
2. Oh, darn.
Big Fish (2003)
3. Darn it.
Cuban Flavor _ Liza Gershman _ Talks at Google
4. is pretty darn amazing.
Young & Dangerous Saviors of Rock _The Struts _ Talks at Google
5. is pretty darn fun.
The Fun Scale _ Kevin Jorgeson _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of darn
1. Relations with Italy are pretty darn solid,‘‘ Bush said.
2. You might make this gesture as an intensifier: "Gosh darn –– whap! –– we‘ll get that contract!" That "gosh darn" might send the wrong message to your potential Russian partners.
3. Darn customers never bring em back when theyre supposed to.
4. Peter Welch, a Democrat from Vermont, where the Darn Tough sock company makes its home.
5. It‘s leaving us with little to do, darn it." Little, indeed.