m'

determiner

Prevocalic form of my.

Meanings

m'1

contraction
  1. cliticcolloquialcontractionClitic form of I'm.

    “M’tired,” Nick said, and yawned again.

    2015, Matthew J. Metzger, chapter 11, in The Suicidal Peanut, Glen Allen, Va.: JMS Books, →ISBN, page 86
    5 more examples

    When MacConnachie let go, he put a hand to his head and muttered, “M’tired.”

    1968, Barry England, part 1, in Figures in a Landscape, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 57

    On n’avait jamais réussi a défricher les origines de cette petite fille d’à peine trois ans, qui n’apportait pour tout bagage qu’un surnom, le nom de sa terre de Beaubassin et un cri : « Zé faim! »

    1982 [1979], Antonine Maillet, translated by Philip Stratford, chapter 1, in Pélagie, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company; Toronto, Ont.: Doubleday Canada, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 10

    – Heave me up that haversack, Annie. / – What’s in? / – Ye’ll see. / – M’hungry.

    2005, John Aberdein, “The Speckled Slope”, in Amande’s Bed, Edinburgh: Thirsty Books, →ISBN, page 303

    ―Baby. / She pulls her face from where it’s buried in my neck. / ―M’tired.

    2009 October 13, Charlie Huston, My Dead Body: A Novel (Joe Pitt Casebooks; 5), New York, N.Y.: Del Rey, →ISBN, page 291

    “M’tired of the thing,” the man yells. “Tired of the Manor.”

    2010, Daniel Homan, chapter 5, in The Queen of Hearts, [Rockville, Md.]: Prime Books, →ISBN, page 127

m'2

determiner
  1. archaiccliticcolloquialClitic form of my.

    ‘Guess I feel like sleepin’ meself,’ he said. ‘Trouble is, I’m on next watch. Guess I’ll change thet with m’tired friend there.[…]”

    1985, Stuart Seaton, “Randolph”, in Inheritance, London: Collins, →ISBN, section 1, page 131
    1 more example

    “That’s what he thinks,” she said finally, waving the cane at her brother. “Hopes the goddess might unscramble his egg. I told ’im she’s just as likely ta hoist up m’tired old tits, and I ain’t countin’ on that, either.”

    2015, Brian Staveley, chapter 7, in The Providence of Fire (Chronicle of the Unhewn Thrown; 2), London: Tor, →ISBN, page 107
  2. poeticrarePrevocalic form of my.
Cite this entry
APA

m'. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/m'

MLA

“m'.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/m'. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “m',” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/m'.

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