<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object): dratted, dratting.<ul><li>to damn; confound: Drat your interference.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Interjection:</strong></p><ul><li>(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like): Drat, there goes another button off my shirt.</li></ul>