Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
round . - See
round .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obs. To whisper.
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- noun obsolete a
secret ormystery - noun obsolete
writing - noun obsolete
rumour ,speech ,advice - noun obsolete a
whisper - verb obsolete to
whisper
Etymologies
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Examples
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*Riiiiiiiiiiip extra strnf ducky tape roun an roun an roun*
Dis mah hooman imitashun - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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But say, Brother Weeks, I hate to think of that little Zara runnin 'roun' the woods to-night.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire 1914
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It's these things brings me on this side noysterin 'roun' lookin 'for employment.
Winona: A Tale of Negro Life in the South and Southwest Pauline Elizabeth 1902
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'roun' en 'roun' 'bove de hoss-lot -- 'roun' en 'roun' -- en bimeby he dart down at chick'ns.
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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'roun' en 'roun' 'bove de hoss-lot -- 'roun' en 'roun' -- en bimeby he dart down at chick'ns.
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Could be we even hev 'em ki-yickin 'roun' our wagons wi 'paint on-en thar's three thousand on 'em 'cross the river, en Osage an' 'Rapaho ter boot.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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Republicans can run around saying "dey's all happy 'roun' heah and ain't nuttin to look at but dem cheefuh folks workin in de fields", but we're still bitter.
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A hundred blokes, all with my name written on 'em, all wi 'laminates hangin' roun 'their necks sayin'"Tommy's Crew".
High Society Elton, Ben 2002
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Dat same fousin'-leg worm sneaks 'roun' now-a-days, an 'if you don't drive' im clean off, an 'git shet of' im, he'll 'swade you to dis'bey orders.
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Could be we even hev 'em ki-yickin 'roun' our wagons wi 'paint on-en thar's three thousand on 'em 'cross the river, en Osage an' 'Rapaho ter boot.
Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
malechi commented on the word roun
A whisper, or to whisper.
"Another rouned to his fellow low."
--Chaucer
An obsolete word, replaced by "whisper." Why do words fall out of favor? In this case, maybe because "whisper," with its S sound, actually sounds more like a whisper.
I remember a game we used to play as kids: tell a friend you have a secret and then just make a pssst pssst sound in his or her ear, making the friend giggle and driving the other kids crazy. ("What is it? What is it?")
December 8, 2008