transcription, транскрипция: [ dæm ]
( damns, damning, damned)
1.
Damn , damn it , and dammit are used by some people to express anger or impatience. ( INFORMAL, RUDE )
Don’t be flippant, damn it! This is serious.
EXCLAM [ feelings ]
2.
Damn is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying. ( INFORMAL, RUDE )
There’s not a damn thing you can do about it now.
ADJ : ADJ n [ emphasis ]
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Damn is also an adverb.
As it turned out, I was damn right...
ADV : ADV adj / adv
3.
If you say that a person or a news report damns something such as a policy or action, you mean that they are very critical of it.
...a sensational book in which she damns the ultra-right party.
= slam
VERB : V n
4.
see also damned , damning
5.
If you say that someone does not give a damn about something, you are emphasizing that they do not care about it at all. ( INFORMAL, RUDE )
PHRASE : V inflects [ emphasis ]
6.
Some people say as near as damn it or as near as dammit to emphasize that what they have said is almost completely accurate, but not quite. ( BRIT INFORMAL, RUDE )
It’s as near as damn it the same thing...
PHRASE : usu PHR n [ emphasis ]