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wat

verbaction

to bet; assert with confident guess

to wager; used in emphatic/asseverative phrases to express a confident guess or assertion

Example in use

A wat he'll be here the morn

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/WAHT/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutralalso: what

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