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dawts

dawts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dawt.

Meaning of dawt

Verb

dawt (third-person singular simple present dawts, present participle dawting, simple past and past participle dawted)

  1. (Scotland) To fondle or caress.
    • To dawt on me, and me sae young, / Wi' his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue, / That is the thing you shall never see, / For an auld man shall never dawt on me.1788 [1886], Robert Burns, “To Dawt on Me”, in The Complete Works of Robert Burns, volume 2, Kessinger, published 2004, page 163
    Synonyms:
    faddle, grope, pettle, tiddle

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What is dawts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dawts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dawt.

Words near dawts in the dictionary

  1. Dawsons
  2. Dawsonville
  3. dawt
  4. dawted
  5. dawting
  6. dawts
  7. Dawu
  8. Dawud
  9. Dawukou
  10. Dax
  11. daxen

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