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y'hear

/jəˈhɪɹ/

y'hear interjection: you hear; used as a tag question or to strengthen a command, warning, or statement.

Interjection

  1. (Appalachia, Southern US, US, informal) you hear; used as a tag question or to strengthen a command, warning, or statement.
    • Y'all come back now, y'hear?1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo
    • It is taken from the introduction to "The Green Mile" by Stephen King. Context: "...and I still like that one, so hands off, y'hear?"2014 January 11, MateuszMoś, WordReference, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2016

Forms of y'hear

alternative formyou hear

Words that rhyme with y'hear

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Questions about y'hear

What does y'hear mean?
Y'hear means you hear; used as a tag question or to strengthen a command, warning, or statement.
What part of speech is y'hear?
Y'hear is an interjection.
How do you pronounce y'hear?
Y'hear is pronounced /jəˈhɪɹ/.

Words near y'hear in the dictionary

  1. y'ave
  2. y'awl
  3. y'day
  4. y'ere
  5. y'ever
  6. y'hear
  7. y'knew
  8. y'know
  9. y'no
  10. y's
  11. y'see

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