'm

//əm// noun, pron, verb

noun, pron, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Represents the word madam or ma'am when used as a formal address of a female; as in yes'm and no'm.
Verb
  1. 1
    Am, used especially in I'm. clitic

    "What'm I gon' do?"

  2. 2
    Various forms of be. clitic, dialectal

    "You'm no better than a baby when they've clacketed at ye for an hour or two without a word of sense from beginnin' to end."

Pronoun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of 'em. alt-of, alternative

    "1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I picked up two stones and threw ’m in the air, heard ’m drop"

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Example

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"You'm no better than a baby when they've clacketed at ye for an hour or two without a word of sense from beginnin' to end."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Contraction of am.

Etymology 2

Contraction of madam/ma'am.

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