'bout
/baʊt/
'bout preposition: about.
Preposition
'bout
- about.
- That's what I'm talkin' 'bout. I need a man like that.2010, Nikki Carter, Not A Good Look, page 20
- Every Christmas I get to thinkin' 'bout Santa's reindeers with their red noses. Man, that's wrong! He just uses them for their noses, like light bulbs or sumthin. It ain't right.2003, Kiyohiko Azuma, edited by ADV manga, Azumanga Daioh : The Manga, volume 1, page 160
Origin of 'bout
Apheretic form of about.
Phrases with 'bout
Words that rhyme with 'bout
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- set about
- shout
- sprout
- doubt
- umlaut
- fill out
- grout
- pout
- devout
- drought
- gout
- nowt
- redoubt
- throughout
- without
- ablaut
- dout
- flout
- lout
- mahout
- misdoubt
- mought
- prone out
- strout
- term out
- trout
- zoom out
- anlaut
- aspout
- asprout
- bluff out
- chout
- dought
- knout
- kraut
- layabout
- ne'er cast a clout till May be out
- owt
- peter out
- regrout
- sout
- when in doubt, do nowt
Questions about 'bout
- What does 'bout mean?
- 'bout means about.
- What part of speech is 'bout?
- 'bout is a preposition.
- How do you pronounce 'bout?
- 'bout is pronounced /baʊt/.
Words near 'bout in the dictionary
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