(darns, darning, darned)
1.
If you darn something knitted or made of cloth, you mend a hole in it by sewing stitches across the hole and then weaving stitches in and out of them.
Aunt Emilie darned old socks...
VERB: V n
• darning
...chores such as sewing and darning.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
People sometimes use darn or darned to emphasize what they are saying, often when they are annoyed. (INFORMAL)
There's not a darn thing he can do about it...
= damn, damned
ADJ: ADJ n [emphasis]
•
Darn is also an adverb.
...the desire to be free to do just as we darn well please...
ADV: ADV adj/adv
3.
You can say I'll be darned to show that you are very surprised about something. (AM INFORMAL)
'A talking pig!' he exclaimed. 'Well, I'll be darned.'
PHRASE [feelings]