ahind

English

Etymology

a- + hind?

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈhaɪnd/

Preposition

ahind

  1. (dialect) behind
    • 1841, Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, October 9, 1841:
      "You see, sir," said Mr. Smear, "that wherever that ere water has been it's left a dampness ahind it; the moistur' consekent upon such a dampness must be evaporated by ever-so-many applications of the warming-pan.
    • 1869, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Men, Women, and Ghosts:
      "Watch was drunk; I crawled down ahind the whiskey.
    • 1871, Edward Eggleston, The Hoosier Schoolmaster:
      "But, you see, he's been and gone and pulled back the board that you have to step on to git ahind your desk; he's been and gone and pulled back the board so as you can't help a-tippin' it up, and a-sowsin' right in ef you step there."
    • 1959 January 27, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 10:
      [Porky Pine:] I'll duck ahind the tree an' pop out [...]

Anagrams

Scots

Adverb

ahind (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of ahint

Preposition

ahind

  1. Alternative form of ahint

References

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