interjection
- An exclamation expressing annoyance, frustration, or mild anger.
Usage: informal; euphemistic (mild alternative to stronger expletives)
verb
- Third-person singular present tense of 'drat'; to curse or express annoyance at something.
Usage: informal; transitive
Examples
- Drats! I forgot my keys again.
- She drats the traffic every morning on her commute.
- Drats, I spilled coffee all over my shirt.
- He drats his bad luck whenever things go wrong.
- Drats, the store is already closed.
- When the computer crashed, she drats the timing.