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单词 nowt
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Definition of nowt in English:

nowt

adverb & pronoun naʊtnaʊt
Northern English
  • Nothing.

    it's nowt to do with me
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is nowt wrong with a bit of politics mixed in with dance and you'd be wise to go and see Rambert's performance for yourself - even hardened dance-phobes might be pleasantly surprised.
    • Then he joined the local council as an office boy and began a slow climb towards the top by keeping his head down, saying nowt, doing as little as possible, and under no circumstances taking any decisions.
    • I've just come back, but I've done nowt wrong, I've just had enough.
    • I respected his principled stand, but when it came down to arguing with management, stopping redundancies etc. his principles stood for precisely nowt!
    • But he still did nowt until a Crown Derby plate, which had been a wedding present to their late Mum and Dad, vibrated off its hook in the front room and smashed into a thousand pieces.
    • See, this is what happens when I can't always log on; when I try and it works, I feel like I ought to write something, even when I've nowt to say.
    • As the old countryman would say: ‘Well, it's better than nowt, but it's nowhere near mother's milk.’
    • I turned to the lovely wife and said: ‘That's nowt - I've been doing that for years.’
    • Recently realised I watch more on C5 than I do BBC1 or ITV (because I watch nowt on them), which was interesting.
    • I suppose this is what I have to look forward to in the foreseeable future, as Zoe is now otherwise engaged (which is great, don't get me wrong) and I have nowt better to do.
    • When contacted last week, he barked: ‘I've nowt to say,’ and referred calls to his lawyer, who confirmed that a legal case had been dragging on for some time.
    • You get nowt for nowt, and the current collapsing values of private and occupational pensions have been a stark warning of the dangers of betting your future on the financial markets.
    • Had I dared venture into that ultimate feminine domain, Mrs C would have taken a shotgun to me - ‘This is woman's work and nowt to do with thee.’
    • ‘When in doubt, do nowt,’ goes the Yorkshire saying.
    • There's nowt so queer as Yorkshire folk but they've been accepted into the community.
    • Honest, I was really nice about it but nevertheless I did have to wonder if they really wanted to leave town where there are some great ‘eateries’ for a place where there's nowt!
    • As for the report that other people have made a collection to pay his fine - I can only think of the old adage, ‘There's nowt so queer as folk.’
    • ‘Nothing’ and ‘anything’ are fine compound words, but I like the brevity of nowt and owt.
    • And now I'm back I'm fit for nowt - completely knackered.

Rhymes

about, bout, clout, devout, doubt, down-and-out, drought, flout, gout, grout, knout, lout, mahout, misdoubt, out, out-and-out, owt, pout, Prout, right about, rout, scout, shout, snout, spout, sprout, stout, thereabout, thereout, throughout, timeout, tout, trout, way-out, without
 
 

Definition of nowt in US English:

nowt

adverb & pronounnaʊtnout
Northern English
  • Nothing.

    it's nowt to do with me
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘Nothing’ and ‘anything’ are fine compound words, but I like the brevity of nowt and owt.
    • As the old countryman would say: ‘Well, it's better than nowt, but it's nowhere near mother's milk.’
    • There is nowt wrong with a bit of politics mixed in with dance and you'd be wise to go and see Rambert's performance for yourself - even hardened dance-phobes might be pleasantly surprised.
    • Honest, I was really nice about it but nevertheless I did have to wonder if they really wanted to leave town where there are some great ‘eateries’ for a place where there's nowt!
    • Recently realised I watch more on C5 than I do BBC1 or ITV (because I watch nowt on them), which was interesting.
    • But he still did nowt until a Crown Derby plate, which had been a wedding present to their late Mum and Dad, vibrated off its hook in the front room and smashed into a thousand pieces.
    • You get nowt for nowt, and the current collapsing values of private and occupational pensions have been a stark warning of the dangers of betting your future on the financial markets.
    • Then he joined the local council as an office boy and began a slow climb towards the top by keeping his head down, saying nowt, doing as little as possible, and under no circumstances taking any decisions.
    • When contacted last week, he barked: ‘I've nowt to say,’ and referred calls to his lawyer, who confirmed that a legal case had been dragging on for some time.
    • As for the report that other people have made a collection to pay his fine - I can only think of the old adage, ‘There's nowt so queer as folk.’
    • I respected his principled stand, but when it came down to arguing with management, stopping redundancies etc. his principles stood for precisely nowt!
    • There's nowt so queer as Yorkshire folk but they've been accepted into the community.
    • See, this is what happens when I can't always log on; when I try and it works, I feel like I ought to write something, even when I've nowt to say.
    • I've just come back, but I've done nowt wrong, I've just had enough.
    • Had I dared venture into that ultimate feminine domain, Mrs C would have taken a shotgun to me - ‘This is woman's work and nowt to do with thee.’
    • ‘When in doubt, do nowt,’ goes the Yorkshire saying.
    • And now I'm back I'm fit for nowt - completely knackered.
    • I suppose this is what I have to look forward to in the foreseeable future, as Zoe is now otherwise engaged (which is great, don't get me wrong) and I have nowt better to do.
    • I turned to the lovely wife and said: ‘That's nowt - I've been doing that for years.’
 
 
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