/drat/ , v. , dratted, dratting , interj.
v.t.
1. to damn; confound: Drat your interference.
interj.
2. (used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like): Drat, there goes another button off my shirt.
[ 1805-15; alter. of ( o ) d rot God rot (i.e., may God rot him, her, it) ]