hot damn

American

[hot dam] / ˈhɒt ˈdæm /

interjection

(used to express excitement, enthusiasm, surprise, etc., or as an intensifier).

This ridiculous makeshift shouldn't work, but hot damn, it does!
Bluesy rock with crisp guitars and a fiery fiddle—hot damn, these guys are good!

idioms

like a hot damn, extremely well; wonderfully.

This stuff is all natural, no pesticides, and works like a hot damn.
She not only draws like a hot damn but also does lovely collage work.

Example Sentences

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One day before the proposed loan was announced, Andrew Stiles texted his cousin "tmw," prompting Gray Stiles to respond "hot damn," the indictment said.

From Reuters • Feb. 23, 2023

I know this is deeply uncool to admit but, hot damn, I love the Oscars.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2020

Nothing there looks especially good, especially not the split pea soup, but hot damn if it isn’t tasty.

From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2019

Or hot damn, depending on your tolerance for show-biz artifice and nonspontaneous combustion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Are any of you going to read about T/X drugs, 2% mortality and good vet care and then go, �Okay, hot damn, now I�ll support it.�

From Time Magazine Archive

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