owt

English

Etymology

From Old English āuht, āuhtes; see aught.

Pronunciation

• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /aʊt/

  Homophone: out

• Rhymes: -aʊt
• (Midlands) IPA^(key): /əʊt/

  Homophone: oat

• Rhymes: -əʊt

Pronoun

owt

1. (Northern England) aught, anything
   • 2024 July 14, Rachel Hall, “‘I’ve never seen owt like it’: England fans in Benidorm in high spirits before Euro final”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “I’ve never seen owt like it,” said Hancox. “There were flags everywhere, people on people’s shoulders, crowdsurfing. It was like human Jenga.”

Derived terms

• you don't get owt for nowt

 

Noun

owt (uncountable)

1. (Northern England) anything

Adverb

owt (not comparable)

1. (Northern England) anything

See also

• nowt

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[2]

Anagrams

• OTW, TOW, Tow, WTO, tow, two, wot

Scots

Pronoun

owt

1. Alternative form of ocht

References

• “ocht, n., pron., adj., adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.