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yunno

yunno is the pronunciation spelling of you know.

Meaning of you know

Interjection

  1. (informal) Expression signifying a pause or hesitation.
    • I don’t usually get nervous in games and, you know, taking free kicks and penalties but that’s the first time I’ve been that nervous in, in a game, where I have to, I’m in a situation where I’m, you know […]2002 December 15, “Interview with David Beckham”, in Breakfast with Frost, spoken by David Beckham, via BBC
  2. (informal) Expression used to imply meaning, rather than say it, such as when a person is embarrassed.
    • A: I can’t go to the party because... you know...
      B: Your mom is still mad at you, huh?
      A: Yeah...
  3. (informal) Used as a rhetorical question to confirm agreement, knowing or understanding at the end of a statement.
    • But I guess that's life, you know?
  4. (informal) Used to introduce information.
    • You know, he's actually pretty nice.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see you, know.

Questions about yunno

What is yunno the pronunciation spelling of?
Yunno is the pronunciation spelling of you know.

Words near yunno in the dictionary

  1. yunnanosaurid
  2. yunnanosaurids
  3. yunnanozoa
  4. yunnanozoan
  5. yunnanozoans
  6. yunno
  7. yunnori
  8. yunnow
  9. Yuns
  10. Yunupingu
  11. Yunus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yunno (page history and authors); you know (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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