drat

drat [drat] Word Origin verb (used with object), drat·ted, drat·ting.

1. to damn; confound: Drat your interference.

interjection

2. (used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like): Drat, there goes another button off my shirt.

Origin of drat First recorded in 1805–15; alteration of (o)d rot God rot (i.e., may God rot him, her, it) Related Words for drats doggone, dang, curse, darn, excoriate, expel, abuse, confound, slam, blaspheme, castigate, anathematize, penalize, imprecate, doom, sentence, proscribe, attack, convict, jinx British Dictionary definitions for drats drat interjection

1. slang an exclamation of annoyance (also in the phrases drat it! drat you! etc)

Word Origin for drat C19: probably alteration of God rot Word Origin and History for drats drat

1815, disguised form of exclamation God rot (something or someone).