stevvon

English

Etymology

See steven (“voice”).

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.
   • 1862, C. Clough Robinson, The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood, page 67:

     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!"

   • 1963, Bill Cowley, A Cleveland anthology: dialect poems from Cleveland and the North Yorkshire Moors:

     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.

   • 2015, LT Wolf, The Reckoning:

     The amazon saw her and stevvon'd, “Get back upstairs!”