owt
More pronunciations (2)Fewer pronunciations
Northern England/aʊt/Midlands/əʊt/
owt pronoun: aught, anything.
Pronoun
owt
- Aught, anything.
- I've seen nowt like it since the day I was born / But you know me, I'll shag owt that's warm1985, “Sweaty Betty”, in Beer & Sex & Chips n Gravy, performed by Macc Lads
- “I’ve never seen owt like it,” said Hancox. “There were flags everywhere, people on people’s shoulders, crowdsurfing. It was like human Jenga.”2024 July 14, Rachel Hall, “‘I’ve never seen owt like it’: England fans in Benidorm in high spirits before Euro final”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Noun
owt (uncountable)
Adverb
owt (not comparable)
Origin of owt
From Old English āuht; see aught.
Words formed from owt
Words that rhyme with owt
42 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- set about
- shout
- sprout
- doubt
- umlaut
- fill out
- grout
- pout
- devout
- drought
- gout
- nowt
- redoubt
- throughout
- without
- ablaut
- dout
- flout
- lout
- mahout
- misdoubt
- mought
- prone out
- strout
- term out
- trout
- zoom out
- 'bout
- anlaut
- aspout
- asprout
- bluff out
- chout
- dought
- knout
- kraut
- layabout
- ne'er cast a clout till May be out
- peter out
- regrout
- sout
- when in doubt, do nowt
Questions about owt
- What does owt mean?
- Owt means aught, anything.
- What part of speech is owt?
- Owt can be a pronoun, a noun or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce owt?
- Owt is pronounced /aʊt/ (Northern England).
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