reet
UK/ɹiːt/
reet adjective: right.
Adjective
reet (comparative mair reet, superlative maist reet)
Adverb
reet (not comparable)
- right
- Now I've only bin once wi a scarf round mi neck, And I moan't go agin, no not me will I eck. Now it doesn't seem reet if mi memory jogs, Goin down for a pint in thi bowtie and clogs.2011, “Awterations” (track 14), in Bread and Fishes, performed by Houghton Weavers
Forms of reet
| comparative | mair reet |
|---|---|
| superlative | maist reet |
Origin of reet
From eye dialectal spelling of right.
Phrases with reet
Words that rhyme with reet
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- entreat
- fleet
- retreat
- treat
- complete
- conceit
- repeat
- concrete
- discrete
- bittersweet
- suite
- cheat
- cleat
- deceit
- greet
- unseat
- compete
- defeat
- delete
- effete
- elite
- escheat
- indiscrete
- leet
- pleat
- skeet
- sleet
- accrete
- beet
- bleat
- gleet
- ifrit
- incomplete
- overeat
- overheat
- petite
- replete
- superheat
- teat
- tweet
- wheat
- yeet
- Bereshit
- Bow Street
- Crete
- discreet
- downbeat
- jeet
Questions about reet
- What does reet mean?
- Reet means right.
- What part of speech is reet?
- Reet can be an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce reet?
- Reet is pronounced /ɹiːt/ (UK).
Words near reet in the dictionary
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