Definition of "darn" []

• To mend (a garment, for example) by weaving thread or yarn across a gap or hole. (verb-transitive)
• To repair a hole, as in a garment, by weaving thread or yarn across it. (verb-intransitive)
• A hole repaired by weaving thread or yarn across it: a sock full of darns. (noun)
• Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance. (interjection)
• Damn. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Otherwise it reads as an aggressive attack without just cause. on January 5, 2008 at 12: 41 am | Reply notellin darn IG got in first, should not have typed so much on January 5, 2008 at 1: 18 am | Reply Southern town cop"
• "Maybe I'm being near-sighted here, but I can't name a darn mystery author, one who solely writes mysteries, who'd pull in those numbers to a live gig."
• "I'd worked with her before on Alias and she's always happy and always pleasant to everyone really and when she swears she says thing like 'darnit' and 'darn' - now even The Waltons go a bit (further)."