verb, noun, adjective, adverb
verb to repair a hole in a piece of clothing by sewing stitches across the hole:
[VN] to darn socks [also V]
IDIOMS
darn it! (spoken, especially AmE) used as a mild swear word to show that you are angry or annoyed about sth, to avoid saying 'damn':
Darn it! I've lost my keys!
I'll be darned! (spoken, especially AmE) used to show that you are surprised about sth:
Well, I'll be darned! They knew about it all the time!
noun a place on a piece of clothing that has been repaired by darning:
a sweater with darns in the elbows
adjective (also darned) (spoken) used as a mild swear word, to emphasize sth:
Why don't you switch the darn thing off and listen to me!
adverb (also darned) (spoken) used as a mild swear word, instead of saying DAMN, to mean 'extremely' or 'very':
You had a darn good try. * It's darn cold tonight.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for darn is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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