What does "summat" mean?

Something (“to a degree”); somewhat.

What is a synonym for "summat"?

Common synonyms include: moderately, more or less, a bit, a little, a little bit, a mite.

Summat

//ˈsʌmət// adv, pron, slang

adv, pron, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adverb

1
Something (“to a degree”); somewhat. England, Yorkshire, informal, not-comparable
"It's summat-like to see such a man as that i' the desk of a Sunday!"

Pronoun

1
Something. England, Yorkshire, indefinite, informal, pronoun
"...every gentleman tips us summat, we looks for it as natural as possible."

Synonyms

All synonyms

moderately more or less a bit a little a little bit a mite

Example

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"...every gentleman tips us summat, we looks for it as natural as possible."

Etymology

Dialectal variant of somewhat attested from the 18th century. Joseph Wright suggested that it might be a contraction of "some that" in A Grammar of the Dialect of Windhill (page 78).

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