r's

A form of r — The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.

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Meanings

r's1

noun
  1. pluralplural of r

    Except for their short, clipped accent and a certain funny some thing that they did, or rather did not do, to their r’s, they might have been born and bred on Pine Street.

    1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part II, Chapter IV, page 210
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    […] my nerves were shattered by a blatant exhorter, […] who insisted on his r’s with a nasal persistence which revolted my every instinct. […] I believe the minister was a good man, but when he bellowed: “And the Lorrrd said unto Moses, the Lorrrd is a man of war; the Lorrrd is his name. My wrath shall wax hot and I will kill you with the sworrrd!”. I wondered how many centuries of purgatory it would take to atone for such a sin.

    1895, Robert W. Chambers, “The Yellow Sign”, in The King in Yellow, page 107

R's2

noun
  1. pluralplural of R
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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