durn

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• IPA^(key): /dɜː(ɹ)n/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n

durn (not comparable)

1. (US, informal, euphemistic) darn; damn.

• durn tootin', durn tootin'

durn (not comparable)

1. (US, informal, euphemistic) Darn; damned; extremely.
   • 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:

     The older man eyed him for a moment bale fully. "I'm goin' to set 'em again," he replied, "and don't you touch 'em. I'm goin' to trap where I durn please. There's two of you, but you don't bluff me out, not any."

   • 1994, James A. Wiggins, Beverly B. Wiggins, James Wilfrid Vander Zanden, Social Psychology‎^[1], 5, illustrated edition, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 176:

     These guys probably had a crudload of sand kicked in their faces in grade school, and now carry this primal sandbox grudge to the poli sci classroom, where they finally have the power over us durn bratty schoolkids.

durn

1. (US, informal, euphemistic) darn; damn

• durn tootin'

durn

1. (slang) Rhoticized pronunciation of doing.

   How ya durn?

durn (plural durns)

1. Alternative form of dern (“a doorpost”).

• Rund, nurd

Borrowed from Ukrainian дурний (durnyj).

durn m or n (feminine singular durnă, masculine plural durni, feminine and neuter plural durne)

1. (Moldavia (region)) stupid
2. (Moldavia (region)) insane

• durn in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN