(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
Damn, ~ it, and dammit are used by some people to express anger or impatience. (INFORMAL, RUDE)
Don’t be flippant, ~ 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 ~ 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 ~ right...
ADV: ADV adj/adv
3.
If you say that a person or a news report ~s something such as a policy or action, you mean that they are very critical of it.
...a sensational book in which she ~s the ultra-right party.
= slam
VERB: V n
4.
see also ~ed , ~ing
5.
If you say that someone does not give a ~ 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 ~ 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 ~ it the same thing...
PHRASE: usu PHR n emphasis