sho'

A form of sure — Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.

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Meanings

adjectivesho' (not comparable)
  1. not comparablepronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of sure, representing African-American Vernacular English.
adverbsho' (not comparable)
  1. not comparablepronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of sure, representing African-American Vernacular English.

    “Well I can tell you why I didn’t. It wasn’t necessary, Mr. Finch. She was mighty banged up. Something sho‘ happened, it was obvious.”

    1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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