Meanings
adjectivereet (comparative mair reet, superlative maist reet)
comparative mair reet · superlative maist reet
- GeordieYorkshireLancashireright
adverbreet (not comparable)
- GeordieYorkshirenot comparableLancashireright
Now I've only bin once wi a scarf round mi neck, And I moan't go agin, no not me will I eck. Now it doesn't seem reet if mi memory jogs, Goin down for a pint in thi bowtie and clogs.
2011, “Awterations” (track 14), in Bread and Fishes, performed by Houghton Weavers
Origin
From eye dialectal spelling of right.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with reet
completestreetmeetfeetsuitesheetheatdeletesweeteatseattreatconcretereceiptrepeatelitefleetcheatpetecompetewheatincompletedefeatretreat
All rhymes →Sounds the same
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
reet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reet
MLA
“reet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reet. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reet.
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