darn tootin'
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
- (chiefly US, countrified, idiomatic) Absolutely correct; speaking the truth.
- 1916, B. M. Bower, chapter 28, in The Heritage of the Sioux:
- Pink . . . nodded assent. "You're durn tootin’ it's right!" he testified.
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- (chiefly US, countrified, idiomatic) Absolute, utter, complete, very.
- 2009, Lana Sweeten-Shults, "Look out 2009, here I come," Times Record News (Wichita Falls, Texas), 5 Jan. (retrieved 24 Jan. 2009):
- I’ve decided that Wii Fit is darn tootin’ fun.
- 2009, Lana Sweeten-Shults, "Look out 2009, here I come," Times Record News (Wichita Falls, Texas), 5 Jan. (retrieved 24 Jan. 2009):
Adverb
- (chiefly US, countrified, idiomatic) Assuredly, absolutely, utterly, completely, you bet.
- 2004, David Brooks, "Values, Values Everywhere," New York Times, 17 Jul. (retrieved 24 Jan. 2009):
- In speech, in rapid responses, in interviews, Kerry and Edwards remind us these days how darn tootin’ chock full of values they really are.
- 2004, David Brooks, "Values, Values Everywhere," New York Times, 17 Jul. (retrieved 24 Jan. 2009):
Interjection
- (chiefly US, countrified, idiomatic) You are absolutely correct.
- 2001, William Bernhardt, Murder One, →ISBN, page 66:
- "May I assume you wish to enter a plea of not guilty?"
- "Darn tootin’."
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