darn tootin'

English

Alternative forms

• dang tootin', dang tooting, darn tooting, durn tootin', durn tooting, damn tootin', damn tooting

Adjective

darn tootin’

1. (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.

2. (chiefly US, countrified, idiomatic) Absolute, utter, complete, very.
   • 2009 January 5, Lana Sweeten-Shults, “Look out 2009, here I come”, in Times Record News, Wichita Falls, Texas, retrieved 24 January 2009:

     I’ve decided that Wii Fit is darn tootin’ fun.

Adverb

darn tootin’

1. (chiefly US, countrified, idiomatic) Assuredly, absolutely, utterly, completely, you bet.
   • 2004 July 17, David Brooks, “Values, Values Everywhere”, in New York Times, 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.

Interjection

darn tootin'

1. (chiefly US, countrified, idiomatic) You are absolutely correct.
   • 2001, William Bernhardt, Murder One‎^[1], →ISBN, page 66:

     "May I assume you wish to enter a plea of not guilty?"
     "Darn tootin’."