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stevvon

stevvon verb: to speak (especially loudly) or shout.

Verb

stevvon (third-person singular simple present stevvons, present participle stevvoning, simple past and past participle stevvoned)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) To speak (especially loudly) or shout.
    • Says he, whispering, — "Ah wunder'd what yer'd goan art for; keep it art o't' seet ur yer'll hev Somb'dy darn on yer pretty quick;" an' cocking up his head agean he stevvons art "Silernce!"1862, C. Clough Robinson, The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood, page 67
    • Then sez Mattha: "Ah've felted a bottil Aback o' yon cam-dyke near-by, An Ah lay at a sup wad be welcome," An t'rist on us stevvoned oot: "Aye! " Seea Mattha e grobbed iv is jacket, Then let oot 20.1963, Bill Cowley, A Cleveland anthology: dialect poems from Cleveland and the North Yorkshire Moors

Forms of stevvon

third-person singular presentstevvons
present participlestevvoning
past participlestevvoned
paststevvoned

Origin of stevvon

See steven (“voice”).

Questions about stevvon

What does stevvon mean?
Stevvon means to speak (especially loudly) or shout.
What part of speech is stevvon?
Stevvon is a verb.
What is the past tense of stevvon?
The past tense of stevvon is stevvoned.

Words near stevvon in the dictionary

  1. steviosides
  2. Stevo
  3. Stevon
  4. Stevonnie
  5. Stevulak
  6. stevvon
  7. stevvoned
  8. stevvoning
  9. stevvons
  10. stew
  11. stew in one's juices

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