English

Alternative forms

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

Adjective

darn tootin’

1. (chiefly US, countrified, idiomatic) Absolutely correct; speaking the truth.
   • 1916, B. M. Bower, The Heritage of the Sioux, ch. 28:

     Pink . . . nodded assent. "You're durn tootin’ it's right!" he testified.

2. (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.

Adverb

darn tootin’

1. (chiefly US, countrified, idiomatic) Assuredly, absolutely, utterly, completely.
   • 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.

Interjection

darn tootin’

1. (chiefly US, countrified, idiomatic) You are absolutely correct.
   • 2001, William Bernhardt, Murder One, ISBN 9780345428158, p. 66:

     "May I assume you wish to enter a plea of not guilty?"

     "Darn tootin’."