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howzat

UK/ˈhaʊˌzat/

howzat interjection: the cry used by members of the fielding team to make an appeal to the umpire.

Interjection

  1. The cry used by members of the fielding team to make an appeal to the umpire.

Noun

howzat (plural howzats)

  1. An instance of this cry in order to make an appeal to the umpire.

Forms of howzat

Interjection
alternative formhow's that
alternative formowzat
alternative formowzthat
Noun
pluralhowzats

Origin of howzat

A reduction (linguistics) of How is that?

Questions about howzat

What does howzat mean?
Howzat means the cry used by members of the fielding team to make an appeal to the umpire.
What part of speech is howzat?
Howzat can be an interjection or a noun.
How do you pronounce howzat?
Howzat is pronounced /ˈhaʊˌzat/ (UK).

Words near howzat in the dictionary

  1. Howtons
  2. howtos
  3. howves
  4. Howwood
  5. howzabout
  6. howzat
  7. howzats
  8. Howze
  9. Howzes
  10. howzit
  11. hox

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