What does DARN mean?

Definitions for DARN
dɑrndarn

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's damnoun

    something of little value

    "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks"

  2. mend, patch, darnverb

    sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)

    "her stockings had several mends"

  3. darnverb

    repair by sewing

    "darn socks"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Darnverb

    To mend holes by imitating the texture of the stuff.

    Etymology: of uncertain original.

    Will she thy linen wash, or hosen darn? John Gay.

    He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings, which he performed to admiration. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. darn

    Darn is a term often used as a more polite form of expressing disappointment or irritation, similar to 'damn'. It can also stand as a verb meaning to repair a hole in a fabric with sewing.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Darnverb

    to mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread

  2. Darnnoun

    a place mended by darning

  3. Darnverb

    a colloquial euphemism for Damn

  4. Etymology: [OE. derne, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. darnio to piece, break in pieces, W. & Arm. to E. tear. Cf. Tear, v. t.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Darn

    därn, v.t. to mend a hole by imitating the texture of the stuff.—n. the place darned.—n. Darn′ing-needle. [W. darn, a piece, a patch.]

  2. Darn

    därn, v.i. a minced form of damn.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DARN in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DARN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of DARN in a Sentence

  1. Dale Mason:

    We have a pretty darn good idea of what we'll do, it could happen quicker than we think: it could start in three weeks.

  2. Scott Hensley:

    The third dose will likely do very little for further boosting the vaccine's ability to reduce hospitalizations and deaths. That's because the vaccine is already pretty darn good at that.

  3. Douglas Davis:

    It's interesting that the banks have been under pressure, because they are really still pretty darn solid ... the banks are becoming pretty good value.

  4. John Kasich:

    We don't need to be shouting and booing and scaring somebody who decided to stand up and have some sort of silent protest, what the heck is that about ? We're not in high school. I mean, this is not some god-darn high school basketball game where we're booing the other team.

  5. Chuck Grassley:

    It’s not a secret that the FBI is operating in the skies above our nation’s cities and towns, but what’s unclear is precisely what the bureau is doing and what legal framework is being used to guide its activity, it’s important that federal law enforcement personnel have the tools they need to find and catch criminals, but whenever an operation may also monitor the activities of Americans who are not the intended target, as several media reports suggest, we must make darn sure that safeguards are in place to protect the civil liberties of innocent Americans.

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