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'bout

/baʊt/

preposition

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Meanings

preposition

colloquialpoeticabout.
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout. I need a man like that.
2010, Nikki Carter, Not A Good Look, page 20
1 more example
Every Christmas I get to thinkin' 'bout Santa's reindeers with their red noses. Man, that's wrong! He just uses them for their noses, like light bulbs or sumthin. It ain't right.
2003, Kiyohiko Azuma, edited by ADV manga, Azumanga Daioh : The Manga, volume 1, page 160

Origin

Apheretic form of about.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with 'bout

about out without throughout route doubt scout shout drought bout tout stout spout gout clout grout sprout devout rout pout reroute lout umlaut strout

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APA

'bout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'bout

MLA

“'bout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'bout. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “'bout,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'bout.

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