woz

See also: Woz, woź, wóź, wóz, and wōz

English

Etymology

From was, wuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wəz/
• Rhymes: -əz
• Homophone: was (unstressed)

Verb

woz

1. Eye dialect spelling of was.
   • 1893, Bret Harte, Susy: A Story of the Plains:

     "You woz saying," said the farmer, with slow, matter of fact, New England deliberation, "ez how you guessed you woz beguiled amongst the Injins by your Mexican partner, a pow'ful influential man, and yet you woz the only one escaped the gen'ral slarterin'.

   • 1894, George Egerton, Discords‎^[1], page 120:

     'If she woz mine' - tapping a brick - 'I'd bash 'er 'ed in!'

   • 2002, Christopher Brookmyre, Country of the Blind‎^[2], →ISBN, page 343:

     We woz robbed, Brian.

Quotations

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Derived terms

• woz ere

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French rose (“pink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /woz/

Adjective

woz

1. pink

Lower Sorbian

Noun

woz m inan (diminutive wozyk)

1. Superseded spelling of wóz.

Declension

Declension of woz

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	woz	woza	woze
Genitive	woza	wozowu	wozow
Dative	wozoju	wozoma	wozam
Accusative	woz	woza	woze
Instrumental	wozom	wozoma	wozami
Locative	wozu	wozoma	wozach

Verb

woz

1. Superseded spelling of wóz.