noo
intj/nəʊ(ː)/
1
Elongated form of no.
- “What, is that Bill?” says she. “Noo, that ain’t,” says he, and he twirled his tail.1890, Joseph Jacobs, “Tom Tit Tot”, in English Fairy Tales, page 5:
adv, intj, adj — 3 senses
/nuː/
Etymology From Old English nū, Middle English nou, in dialects without the shift /uː/ → /aʊ/.
/nəʊ(ː)/
Elongated form of no.
Pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of new, representing dialects with yod-dropping.
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