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greetin'

greetin' is the pronunciation spelling of greeting.

Meaning of greeting

Noun

greeting (countable and uncountable, plural greetings)

  1. A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
    • It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.
  2. (uncountable) The action of the verb to greet.
    • I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC

Questions about greetin'

What is greetin' the pronunciation spelling of?
Greetin' is the pronunciation spelling of greeting.

Words near greetin' in the dictionary

  1. greetes
  2. greetest
  3. greeteth
  4. Greetham
  5. Greetham with Somersby
  6. greetin'
  7. greeting
  8. greeting card
  9. greeting cards
  10. greetingless
  11. greetingly

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