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nout

nout is the alternative form of nowt.

Meaning of nowt

Noun (1)

nowt (uncountable)

  1. (Northern England, Sussex) Naught, nothing.
  2. (Yorkshire, Lancashire) A person of no importance; a worthless person; a ne'er-do-well.
    • Bud yah're a nowt, and it's no use talking - yah'll niver mend o'yer ill ways, but goa raight to t' divil, like yer mother afore ye!1847, Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights

Noun (2)

nowt (plural nowts)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) An ox.
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) A herd of cattle.
  3. (Northern England, Scotland, figuratively) A dumb, crass, or clumsy person, or a person who is difficult or stubborn.
    • A hunner guineas for the heid o' that nowt Renwick, and him no' sae very far awa' frae your very nose at this meenit.1929, James William Marriott, editor, The Best One-act Plays of 1931, G.G. Harrap, published 1932, page 162

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Forms of nout

pluralnouts

Questions about nout

What is nout the alternative form of?
Nout is the alternative form of nowt.

Words near nout in the dictionary

  1. nousled
  2. nousles
  3. nousling
  4. noust
  5. nousts
  6. nout
  7. nouthe
  8. nouthetic
  9. nouts
  10. nouveau
  11. nouveau pauvre

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nout (page history and authors); nowt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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