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hyar

hyar adverb: here.

Adverb

hyar (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal) here
    • Who CALL me? Listen down de ribber, Dinah! Don’t you hyar
      Somebody holl’in’ “Hoo, Jim, hoo?” My Sarah died las’ y’ar;
      IS dat black angel done come back to call ole Jim f’om hyar?1875, Sidney Lanier, The Power of Prayer

Verb

hyar

  1. (dialectal) hear
    • Who CALL me? Listen down de ribber, Dinah! Don’t you hyar
      Somebody holl’in’ “Hoo, Jim, hoo?” My Sarah died las’ y’ar;
      IS dat black angel done come back to call ole Jim f’om hyar?1875, Sidney Lanier, The Power of Prayer

Questions about hyar

What does hyar mean?
Hyar means here.
What part of speech is hyar?
Hyar can be an adverb or a verb.

Words near hyar in the dictionary

  1. hyangga
  2. hyangs
  3. Hyannis
  4. Hyannis Park
  5. Hyannis Port
  6. hyar
  7. Hyatt
  8. Hyatts
  9. hyawa
  10. hyawas
  11. hybernacle

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