aw
aw
Definition
aw (ô, ä)
interjection
used to express
- mild protest, dislike, or disgust
- mild sympathy or commiseration
aw
Usage Examples
Object
- o: An in his steid, stuid the brawest prince in aw the fower neuks o the wyde warld.
Converse of object
- think: In the meantime, please make contact if you have anything you think AW should know or print.
- say: Dear me, says aw, sir, what's that with?
- do: Pepper: But hou did ye git aw the sair jags?
- get: She looks beautiful when she gets aw dolled up fae the raves.
Preposition: at
- aince: Aw at aince, the dure flew open bi itsell, an the lad gaed in, fou o wunner.
Adjective modifier
- good: Organic farming is seen as equating to good AW.
- last: Although I did start looking at this idea during last years AW so hopefully it will continue this year.
Modifies a noun
- shuck: Twain transplants an " aw shucks " , no nonsense American smack dab in the middle of The Dark Ages.
- nr: See also Discourses, p. 179; AW nr.
- ma: Ye've taen aw ma richts an ye ask whit fir I dinnae let ye haud them.
- o: Mak nae mistake, come Januar 2nd it wis back tae Mr and Mrs fur aw o them.
- man: Why, aw ben away seem ' aw man ' bout ' aven ' some false wans, chul.
- day: Aiblins Ah haena aye loued ye lyke sum wumman frae the South, but aw ma days Ah hae been leal ti ye.
Noun used with modifier
- thay: Syne thay aw leeved til a guid eild an died in peace.
- thaim: An thair mither grat sair for thaim, sae she did, for she loued thaim aw weill.
- ye: Pepper: But hou did ye git aw the sair jags?
- o: For nou she wes ettlin for ti be mistress o aw the grandeur afore hir een.
- pm: Andrea Says: November 9th, 2005 at 6:18 pm Aw no, I like the oak idea.
- war: Thay war aw byordnar roused an he cuid hear thair yowls o rage no ferr ahint him.
