'bout

See also: Bout and bout

English

Etymology

Apheretic form of about.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʊt/
• Rhymes: -aʊt
• Homophone: bout

Preposition

'bout

1. (colloquial or poetic) about.
   • 2010, Nikki Carter, Not A Good Look, page 20:

     That's what I'm talkin' 'bout. I need a man like that.

   • 2003, Kiyohiko Azuma, edited by ADV manga, Azumanga Daioh : The Manga, volume 1, page 160:

     Every Christmas I get to thinkin' 'bout Santa's reindeers with their red noses. Man, that's wrong! He just uses them for their noses, like light bulbs or sumthin. It ain't right.

Anagrams

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