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summat

SaySUM-uht/ˈsʌmət/

2 meanings of summat

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  1. 1
    pronoundialectalEnglandYorkshire
    A thing that is not named, or that you do not know exactly.

    There's summat wrong with the engine, I can tell.

    Can I get you summat to eat before you head off?

    Similarsomething

    Oppositenothing

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  2. 2
    adverbdialectalEnglandYorkshire
    A little bit, but not completely.

    I'm feeling summat better today, thanks for asking.

    The soup's summat too salty for my liking.

    Similarsomewhat, rather, slightly

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Origin

A dialect way of saying "somewhat," used since the 1700s.