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The correct spelling is damns.

How to pronounce damns

noun

IPA: /dæmz/

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The correct spelling is damns. The use of "damn" as a curse. For example: "He said a few damns and left."

Usage Examples

He said a few damns and left.

The new hires aren't worth a damn.

I don't give a damn.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The use of "damn" as a curse.
  2. 2.A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.
  3. 3.The smallest amount of concern or consideration.

verb

  1. 1.To condemn to hell.
  2. 2.To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
  3. 3.To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
  4. 4.To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
  5. 5.To curse; put a curse upon.

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