spect

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verb

Aphetic form of expect.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

spect1

verbspect (third-person singular simple present spects, present participle specting, simple past and past participle spected)

present singular third person spects · participle present specting · participle past spected · past spected · alternative 'spect

  1. colloquialAphetic form of expect.

    I'm comin' home, I know I'm overdue Spect me any day now real soon

    1962, “Comin' Home Baby”, in Comin' Home Baby!, performed by Mel Tormé
    1 more example

    "I's growing so big now, mamma," said she, coaxingly, "don't you spect I must have some tea?"

    1871, Sophie May, Dotty Dimple's Flyaway

SPECT2

noun
  1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of single-photon emission computed tomography.

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APA

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Chicago

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