garn
garn noun: yarn (twisted fibers for weaving) or worsted (woolen yarn).
Noun (1)
garn (uncountable)
Interjection
- A response that expresses disbelief or mockery.
- mrs pearce. […] But you dont know anything about her. What about her parents? She may be married. / liza. Garn! / higgins. There! As the girl very properly says, Garn! Married indeed! Dont you know that a woman of that class looks a worn out drudge of fifty a year after shes married?1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act II, page 125
- "[…] This is going to mean a gold watch and a week's outing at Southend with full pay for both of us or I'm a Dutchman."
"Garn!"1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
Proper noun capitalized: Garn
Garn
- A surname.
- Jake Garn was sick, was pretty sick. I don't know whether we should tell stories like that. But anyway, Jake Garn, he has made a mark in the Astronaut Corps because he represents the maximum level of space sickness that anyone can ever attain, and so the mark of being totally sick and totally...1999 May 13, Robert E. Stevenson, “ORAL HISTORY 2 TRANSCRIPT”, in NASA, archived from the original on 05 May 2026, page 35
Noun (2) capitalized: Garn
Garn (plural not attested)
- A unit used to measure nausea. A score of one Garn means the sufferer is fully incapacitated.
- Jake Garn was sick, was pretty sick. I don't know whether we should tell stories like that. But anyway, Jake Garn, he has made a mark in the Astronaut Corps because he represents the maximum level of space sickness that anyone can ever attain, and so the mark of being totally sick and totally...1999 May 13, Robert E. Stevenson, “ORAL HISTORY 2 TRANSCRIPT”, in NASA, archived from the original on 05 May 2026, page 35
Forms of garn
| alternative form (dialectal) | gairn |
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Origin of garn
From Middle English garn, from Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną (“intestine, chord, yarn”). Akin to Danish garn (“yarn”), Swedish garn (“yarn”), Old English ġearn (“yarn”). Doublet of yarn.
From go on.
Words formed from garn
Words that rhyme with garn
Questions about garn
- What does garn mean?
- Garn means yarn (twisted fibers for weaving) or worsted (woolen yarn).
- What part of speech is garn?
- Garn can be a noun, an interjection or a proper noun.
Words near garn in the dictionary
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