durn

adj, adv, intj and 1 more — 4 senses

durn

adj

/dɜː(ɹ)n/

1

US, Euphemistic, Informal darn; damn.

Derived terms
durn tootin'

durn

adv
1

US, Euphemistic, Informal Darn; damned; extremely.

  • The older man eyed him for a moment bale fully. "I'm goin' to set 'em again," he replied, "and don't you touch 'em. I'm goin' to trap where I durn please. There's two of you, but you don't bluff me out, not any."1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:
  • These guys probably had a crudload of sand kicked in their faces in grade school, and now carry this primal sandbox grudge to the poli sci classroom, where they finally have the power over us durn bratty schoolkids.1994, James A. Wiggins, Beverly B. Wiggins, James Wilfrid Vander Zanden, Social Psychology, 5, illustrated edition, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 176:

durn

intj
1

US, Euphemistic, Informal darn; damn

Derived terms
durn tootin'

durn

verb
1

Slang Rhoticized pronunciation of doing.

  • How ya durn?

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