| Gloss over, in speech |
LA Times Daily |
19 May 2026 |
| Skip over |
LA Times Daily |
20 Mar 2026 |
| Skip over |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2026 |
| Skip over, as a syllable |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Mar 2026 |
| Omit phonetically |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Feb 2026 |
| Change "captain" to "cap'n," e.g. |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jan 2026 |
| Omit when pronouncing |
USA Today |
21 Jan 2026 |
| Skip over, in speech |
New York Times |
30 Dec 2025 |
| Skip, as a syllable |
Commuter |
20 Dec 2025 |
| Omit phonetically |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Oct 2025 |
| Suppress or abridge |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
08 Sep 2025 |
| Skip over, as the "i" in "family" |
New York Times |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Cut off coverage for viewer hosted by network provider |
The Times Cryptic |
01 Aug 2025 |
| Gloss over, linguistically |
New York Times |
13 Jul 2025 |
| Omit in pronunciation |
Commuter |
25 Jun 2025 |
| Skip over vocally |
Newsday |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Cut off part of novel idea (5) |
|
|
| Get the ell out of, maybe? |
|
|
| To omit a sound or syllable when speaking (5) |
|
|
| Skip over |
New York Times |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Omit when speaking |
|
|
| Omit in pronunciation |
Universal |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Omit, as a vowel sound |
|
|
| Drop a sound |
|
|
| Skip a syllable |
The Telegraph Plusword |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Omit phonetically |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Feb 2025 |
| Skip over in speech |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jan 2025 |
| Drop out of a conversation? |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Miss out, as a syllable |
The Telegraph Plusword |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Skip, as a syllable |
Universal |
05 Jan 2025 |
| Shorten top put inside coat of emigre (5) |
|
|
| Skip in speech |
Commuter |
30 Dec 2024 |
| Shorten top in middle of week (5) |
|
|
| Leave out in pronunciation |
Commuter |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Skip, as a syllable |
The Telegraph Plusword |
16 Dec 2024 |
| Omit from the annelid element (5) |
|
|
| Omit the bad, idle way (5) |
|
|
| Omit in pronunciation |
Commuter |
29 Nov 2024 |
| Cut a syllable in verse |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Nov 2024 |
| Drop a syllable |
|
|
| Omit in speech |
Commuter |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Skip over, like a syllable |
USA Today |
25 Oct 2024 |
| Skip (a syllable) |
The Telegraph Plusword |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Omit, mispronounce |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Omit in pronunciation |
Commuter |
10 Oct 2024 |
| Leave out, a vowel perhaps |
|
|
| Skip over, as a sound |
New York Times |
15 Sep 2024 |
| Omit, as a vowel |
Commuter |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Skip a syllable |
Commuter |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Omit when pronouncing |
Universal |
03 Sep 2024 |
| Omit while speaking |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Sep 2024 |
| Skip over when speaking |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Aug 2024 |
| Omit, as a vowel |
Premier Sunday |
25 Aug 2024 |
| Omit phonetically |
LA Times Mini |
24 Aug 2024 |
| Omit, of sounds |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Aug 2024 |
| Omit syllabically |
|
|
| Omit |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Miss out a syllable |
The Telegraph Plusword |
28 Jul 2024 |
| Leave out, as sounds |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
08 Jul 2024 |
| Miss saying letters like a Cockney will do when he told fibs reportedly (5) |
|
|
| Run words together, having lied about taking drug (5) |
|
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| Join together parallel ideas? Not altogether (5) |
|
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| Skip when speaking |
|
|
| Quash omitting a vowel e.g. (5) |
|
|
| Omit in pronunciation |
USA Today |
16 May 2024 |
| Say "I dunno," say |
New York Times |
16 May 2024 |
| Skip while speaking |
|
|
| Sing "Don't Stop Believin'," say? |
|
|
| Like a Cockney will do. He told fibs reportedly (5) |
|
|
| Skip a syllable or two |
LA Times Daily |
23 Feb 2024 |
| Drop, as a syllable |
Commuter |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Omit in speech |
Commuter |
07 Feb 2024 |
| Drop in pronunciation |
LA Times Daily |
04 Feb 2024 |
| Skip over, as a vowel |
LA Times Mini |
27 Jan 2024 |
| Omit in pronunciation |
Commuter |
13 Jan 2024 |
| Join together some model ideas (5) |
|
|
| Put together some novel ideas |
|
|
| Leave out, as syllables |
|
|
| Leave out cover in employee's case |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Dec 2023 |
| Skip over |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Dec 2023 |
| Skip a sound |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Nov 2023 |
| Say "y'all," say |
LA Times Daily |
25 Oct 2023 |
| Skip over, as syllables |
LA Times Daily |
08 Oct 2023 |
| Omit in pronunciation |
Universal |
25 Sep 2023 |
| Omit in pronunciation |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Sep 2023 |
| Leave out vocally |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Aug 2023 |
| Say "fish 'n' chips," e.g |
Universal |
26 Jul 2023 |
| Omit in pronunciation |
Family Time |
20 Jun 2023 |
| Skip over, as a sound |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jun 2023 |
| Skip pronouncing |
Universal |
21 Mar 2023 |
| Drop out of the conversation? |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jan 2023 |
| Skip over, as a syllable |
Premier Sunday |
30 Oct 2022 |
| Omit in speech |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2022 |
| Skip syllabically |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Apr 2022 |
| Suppress, like a syllable |
Universal |
22 Mar 2022 |
| Skip over in speech |
Premier Sunday |
27 Feb 2022 |
| Skip over, as a vowel |
Premier Sunday |
13 Feb 2022 |
| Omit in speech |
LA Times Daily |
29 Dec 2021 |
| Omit some characters in novel I'd edited |
|
|
| Pass over, in a way |
New York Times |
24 Oct 2021 |
| Skip over |
LA Times Daily |
29 Sep 2021 |
| Skip over |
|
|
| Drop, in a way |
New York Times |
25 Sep 2021 |
| Omit |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Apr 2021 |
| Omit (a sound) when speaking |
The Times Concise |
23 Jan 2021 |
| Omit, as a syllable |
Premier Sunday |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Omit in pronunciation |
Newsday |
06 Jan 2021 |
| Say nothin', say? |
New York Times |
12 Nov 2020 |
| Pass over, vocally |
|
|
| Omit phonetically |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Top parts exhausted ensemble leave out |
|
|
| Vocally drop |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Oct 2020 |
| Omit, as a syllable |
New York Times |
09 Sep 2020 |
| Omit, in speech |
|
|
| Omit from pronunciation |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2020 |
| Omit |
|
|
| Omit (a sound or syllable) in speech |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
07 Jun 2020 |
| Omit, in speech |
|
|
| Sing "Lips Are Movin'," e.g.? |
Universal |
30 May 2020 |
| Skip over, as a vowel |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Apr 2020 |
| Omit in pronunciation |
|
|
| Skip over some novel ideas |
|
|
| Leave out in pronunciation |
|
|
| Leave out phonetically |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Dec 2019 |
| Ask for "fish 'n' chips," say |
LA Times Daily |
10 Nov 2019 |
| Ask for 'fish 'n' chips,' say |
|
|
| Leave out, in speech |
LA Times Daily |
03 Nov 2019 |
| Leave out, in speech |
|
|
| Tailless duck across lake is cut off |
|
|
| Leave out cover in employee's case |
|
|
| Slur over |
New York Times |
13 Sep 2019 |
| Slur over |
|
|
| Gloss over |
LA Times Daily |
16 Aug 2019 |
| Gloss over |
|
|
| Say ''somethin','' say |
Newsday |
04 Aug 2019 |
| Omit, in speaking |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jul 2019 |
| Omit, in speaking |
|
|
| Leave out, phonetically |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jul 2019 |
| Fail to pronounce, as the "g" in an "-ing" word |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jul 2019 |
| Fail to pronounce, as the 'g' in an '-ing' word |
|
|
| Skip over |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jun 2019 |
| Part in novel idea to omit |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jun 2019 |
| Omit, in speech |
|
|
| Audibly omit |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Apr 2019 |
| Suppress, as a vowel |
USA Today |
28 Mar 2019 |
| Skip a sound |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Mar 2019 |
| Magistrate gets upset, being cut off |
|
|
| Skip over vocally |
Newsday |
13 Feb 2019 |
| Suppress earl having idle disposition |
|
|
| Leave out cover in employee's case |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jan 2019 |
| Audibly omit |
|
|
| Gloss over |
|
|
| Fail to pronounce, as the "g" in an "-ing" word |
|
|
| Leave out, phonetically |
|
|
| Leave out, in speech |
|
|
| Omit, in speaking |
|
|
| Suppress, as a vowel |
|
|
| Skip phonetically |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2018 |
| Cut off a syllable |
Universal |
23 Sep 2018 |
| Avoid some syllables |
Universal |
12 Sep 2018 |
| Say "y'all," e.g |
Universal |
02 Sep 2018 |
| Leave out a vowel, e.g |
Universal |
09 Aug 2018 |
| Omit orally |
Newsday |
26 Jul 2018 |
| Go "y'all," not "you all" |
Universal |
16 Jul 2018 |
| Omit phonetically |
Wall Street Journal |
26 May 2018 |
| Leave out, as the 'g' when saying 'sayin'' |
|
|
| Bypass vowels |
Universal |
16 Apr 2018 |
| Drop in pronunciation |
Newsday |
30 Mar 2018 |
| Skip over, as a sound |
Premier Sunday |
11 Mar 2018 |
| Slur over |
|
|
| Slur over |
LA Times Daily |
07 Feb 2018 |
| Omit in pronunciation |
Universal |
05 Feb 2018 |
| Omit in pronunciation |
|
|
| Avoid some syllables |
|
|
| Bypass vowels |
|
|
| Cut off a syllable |
|
|
| Skip phonetically |
|
|
| Leave out a vowel, e.g. |
|
|
| Slur over |
|
|
| Leave out, as the "g" when saying "sayin'" |
|
|
| Go "y'all," not "you all" |
|
|
| Say "y'all," e.g. |
|
|
| Omit in pronunciation |
|
|
| Omit phonetically |
|
|
| Omit in speech |
Premier Sunday |
31 Dec 2017 |
| Vocally omit |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2017 |
| Skip over |
New York Times |
30 Aug 2017 |
| Skip a vowel or two |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Aug 2017 |
| Omit, as a consonant |
Universal |
15 Jul 2017 |
| Novel idea somewhat to omit a syllable |
|
|
| Slur over a vowel |
Universal |
08 Jul 2017 |
| Say 'comfortable' or 'Worcestershire,' maybe |
|
|
| Suppress some novel ideas |
|
|
| Leave out a vowel when speaking |
Universal |
03 Jun 2017 |
| Gloss over, vocally |
|
|
| Skip over |
Premier Sunday |
30 Apr 2017 |
| Neglect to say |
LA Times Daily |
20 Apr 2017 |
| Neglect to say |
|
|
| Skip, as a syllable |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2017 |
| Use contractions, say |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2017 |
| Pass over |
New York Times |
15 Jan 2017 |
| Bypass a vowel |
Universal |
03 Jan 2017 |
| Slur over a vowel |
|
|
| Neglect to say |
|
|
| Bypass a vowel |
|
|
| Leave out a vowel when speaking |
|
|
| Omit, as a consonant |
|
|
| Leave out, as a vowel |
Universal |
17 Dec 2016 |
| Join together; merge |
The Times Concise |
05 Dec 2016 |
| Fail to pronounce |
Newsday |
16 Oct 2016 |
| Omit a vowel? I'd easily included it |
|
|
| Omit a vowel in speech |
Universal |
14 Sep 2016 |
| Drop, as a vowel sound |
Universal |
03 Sep 2016 |
| Merge together when English lied badly |
|
|
| Say "I'm thinkin'," e.g |
Universal |
10 Mar 2016 |
| Omit (a sound or syllable) when speaking |
The Times Concise |
02 Mar 2016 |
| Leave out, in speech |
USA Today |
19 Feb 2016 |
| Say 'prob'ly,' for instance |
|
|
| Omit from pronunciation |
Universal |
04 Feb 2016 |
| Omit from pronunciation |
|
|
| Drop, as a vowel sound |
|
|
| Omit a vowel in speech |
|
|
| Leave out in pronunciation |
Universal |
29 Dec 2015 |
| Skip, as a syllable |
Universal |
19 Dec 2015 |
| Skip over, in speech |
LA Times Daily |
17 Dec 2015 |
| Omit, in speech |
USA Today |
08 Dec 2015 |
| Slur over |
|
|
| Slur over, as a vowel |
Universal |
30 Oct 2015 |
| Drop a vowel |
USA Today |
09 Oct 2015 |
| Fail to say |
LA Times Daily |
27 Sep 2015 |
| Drop vowels |
Universal |
22 Aug 2015 |
| Omit (syllable) in speech |
The Times Concise |
21 Aug 2015 |
| Suppress cover within borders of Eire |
|
|
| Say "y'all," e.g |
USA Today |
11 Aug 2015 |
| Skip, as a syllable |
Premier Sunday |
09 Aug 2015 |
| Say "cap'n," e.g |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jul 2015 |
| Drop vowels while speaking |
Universal |
09 Jul 2015 |
| Slur over, as a vowel |
Family Time |
06 Jul 2015 |
| Skip over syllables |
Universal |
30 Jun 2015 |
| Slur over a syllable |
Family Time |
29 Jun 2015 |
| Slur over a syllable |
Universal |
22 Jun 2015 |
| Say "Li'l," e.g |
Universal |
21 Jun 2015 |
| Skip over in pronunciation |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jun 2015 |
| Say "prob'ly," say |
LA Times Daily |
21 May 2015 |
| Say "ma'am," say |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2015 |
| Say "nothin'," e.g |
Universal |
04 May 2015 |
| Leave out, in speech |
Universal |
23 Apr 2015 |
| Pass over in pronouncing |
USA Today |
12 Apr 2015 |
| Say "Li'l Abner," say |
USA Today |
09 Apr 2015 |
| Drop a vowel in pronunciation |
USA Today |
03 Mar 2015 |
| Skip over in speech |
New York Times |
02 Mar 2015 |
| Don't pronounce |
Universal |
01 Mar 2015 |
| Lose a syllable |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Feb 2015 |
| Skip, as the 'f' and 'the' in 'two of the clock' |
New York Times |
03 Feb 2015 |
| Don't pronounce |
USA Today |
02 Feb 2015 |
| Skip, as a syllable |
|
|
| Say "y'all," e.g. |
|
|
| Slur over |
|
|
| Slur over, as a vowel |
|
|
| Slur over a syllable |
|
|
| Skip, as a syllable |
|
|
| Pass over in pronouncing |
|
|
| Skip, as the "f" and "the" in "two of the clock" |
|
|
| Skip, as a syllable |
|
|
| Skip over syllables |
|
|
| Say "Li'l," e.g. |
|
|
| Fail to say |
|
|
| Leave out, in speech |
|
|
| Leave out in pronunciation |
|
|
| Skip over in speech |
|
|
| Say "Li'l Abner," say |
|
|
| Don't pronounce |
|
|
| Drop vowels while speaking |
|
|
| Skip over in pronunciation |
|
|
| Drop vowels |
|
|
| Say "nothin'," e.g. |
|
|
| Say "prob'ly," say |
|
|
| Drop a vowel in pronunciation |
|
|
| Drop a vowel |
|
|
| Say "ma'am," say |
|
|
| Say "cap'n," e.g. |
|
|
| Don't pronounce |
|
|
| Drop, as syllables |
|
|
| Skip over, in speech |
|
|
| Omit, in speech |
|
|
| Say somethin', say? |
|
|
| Leave out in pronunciation |
|
|
| Omit |
|
|
| Skip over |
|
|
| Skip, like the H's in "'enry 'iggins" |
|
|
| Say somethin', e.g. |
|
|
| Say "somethin'," say |
|
|
| Skip, as a sound |
|
|
| Slur over, as a syllable |
|
|
| Have "nothin'" to say, e.g. |
|
|
| Leave out a vowel |
|
|
| Say "y'all," say |
|
|
| Say "somethin'" |
|
|
| Skip over |
|
|
| Skip in pronunciation |
|
|
| Slur over a syllable |
|
|
| Skip over syllables |
|
|
| Say "bo's'n," say |
|
|
| Fail to say |
|
|
| Skip over, as a vowel |
|
|
| Say "e'er," for instance |
|
|
| Ignore in pronunciation |
|
|
| Slur over |
|
|
| Pass over in pronunciation |
|
|
| Skip over, as a vowel |
|
|
| Ignore in pronunciation |
|
|
| Fail to pronounce, as a syllable |
|
|
| Say "'S Wonderful," say |
|
|
| Drop, as a vowel sound |
|
|
| A drawler might do it |
|
|
| Drop in pronunciation |
|
|
| Say "cap'n," e.g. |
|
|
| Skip a sound |
|
|
| Slur one's speech |
|
|
| Skip over, as a vowel |
|
|
| Leave out, in speech |
|
|
| Drop in pronunciation |
|
|
| Change "captain" to "cap'n," e.g. |
|
|
| Skip over |
|
|
| Skip over in pronouncing |
New York Times |
26 Dec 2011 |
| Skip, as a sound |
|
|
| Say nothin', say? |
|
|
| Say "bo's'n," say |
|
|
| Use a short form of |
|
|
| Skip over |
|
|
| Say nothin', say? |
|
|
| Use a short form of |
|
|
| Drop in speech |
|
|
| Skip over in pronouncing |
|
|
| Say nothin' |
|
|
| Drop a letter or two |
|
|
| Omit in pronunciation |
|
|
| Leave out, in speech |
|
|
| Skip a syllable |
|
|
| Skip over in pronunciation |
|
|
| Slur over vowels |
|
|
| Skip a sound |
|
|
| Say "goin'," for example |
|
|
| Omit vocally |
|
|
| Omit orally |
|
|
| Drop in pronunciation |
|
|
| Slur over |
|
|
| Shorten, in a way |
|
|
| Skip over, as a syllable |
|
|
| Drop in pronunciation |
|
|
| Skip in speech |
|
|
| Drop syllables |
|
|
| Say "Worcestershire" |
|
|
| Skip over |
|
|
| Fail to enunciate |
|
|
| Slur over |
|
|
| Omit in pronunciation |
|
|
| Skip a syllable |
|
|
| Skip over in speech |
|
|
| Pass over |
|
|
| Ignore in pronunciation |
|
|
| Fail to pronounce |
|
|
| Slur over |
|
|
| Omit in pronunciation |
|
|
| Choose not to say? |
|
|
| Skip over |
|
|
| Omit, as a syllable |
|
|
| Say "c'est," say |
|
|
| Pass over in pronouncing |
|
|
| Say "somethin'" |
|
|
| Shorten, in speaking |
|
|
| Cut, as syllables |
|
|
| A drawler might do it |
|
|
| Drop out of the conversation? |
|
|
| Eliminate a syllable, perhaps |
|
|
| Omit in speech |
|
|
| Slip over in speech |
|
|
| Slur over |
|
|
| Slur over |
|
|
| Skip a syllable, e.g. |
|
|
| Say "y'all," say |
|
|
| Drop out of the conversation? |
|
|
| A drawler might do it |
|
|
| Say "cap'n," say |
|
|
| Slip over |
|
|
| Skip over in pronunciation |
|
|
| Say somethin'? |
|
|
| Bypass a vowel |
|
|
| Pass over in pronouncing |
|
|
| Say 'ere or 'ead |
|
|
| Omit in pronunciation |
|
|
| Omit in pronunciation |
|
|
| Leave out, as a syllable |
|
|
| Have "nothin'" to say, e.g. |
|
|
| Say "e'er," for example |
|
|
| Say "somethin"' |
|
|
| Slip over |
|
|
| Slur over |
|
|
| Leave out, as a vowel |
|
|
| Skip a syllable |
|
|
| Say "li'l," say |
|
|
| Omit |
|
|
| Omit out of consideration |
|
|
| Say "G'day" or "Go 'way" |
|
|
| Skip over |
|
|
| Pass over |
|
|
| Slur over |
|
|
| Say 'ere or 'ead |
|
|
| Say somethin', e.g. |
|
|
| Say "c'est," say |
|
|
| Say "y'all," say |
|
|
| Ignore in pronunciation |
|
|
| Say "y'all," say |
|
|
| Drop |
|
|
| Leave out |
|
|
| Leave out |
|
|
| Say "li'l," say |
|
|
| Omit, in speech |
|
|
| Leave out |
|
|
| Say "nothin'," say |
|
|
| Ignore in pronunciation |
|
|
| Say 'ere or 'ead |
|
|
| Fail to pronounce |
|
|
| Pass over |
|
|
| Annul, in law |
|
|
| Annul legally |
|
|
| Say somethin' |
|
|
| Skip over |
|
|
| Fail to pronounce |
|
|
| Slur over |
|
|
| Gloss over |
|
|
| Skip |
|
|
| Ignore |
|
|
| Ignore |
|
|
| Leave out, in speech |
|
|
| Omit from pronunciation |
|
|
| Say "L'il Abner," say |
|
|
| Leave out in pronunciation |
|
|
| Say "nothin'," say |
|
|
| Make an omission |
|
|
| Say "nothin'," say |
|
|
| Say "L'il Abner," say |
|
|
| Fail to enunciate |
|
|
| Use a short form |
|
|
| Omit, in speech |
|
|
| Pass over, as a consonant |
|
|
| Say "nothin"' |
|
|
| Slur one's speech |
|
|
| Go over |
|
|
| Say "Li'l Abner," say |
|
|
| Say "bo's'n," say |
|
|
| Abridge |
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| Drop vowels |
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| Say "I'm thinkin'," e.g. |
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| Omit in pronounciation |
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| Say "wannabe," for example |
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| Don't pronounce |
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| Say "I'm goin'," e.g. |
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| Gloss over, vocally |
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| Say "bos'n," say |
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| Bypass |
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| Say "nothin'," e.g. |
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| Omit something, in speech |
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| Curtail |
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| Say "labratory," e.g. |
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| Leave out |
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| Leave out in pronunciation |
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| Omit syllables |
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| Say "y'all," say |
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| Slur words |
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| Skip a sound |
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| Slur over, as a vowel |
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| Pass over |
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| Say"li'l," e.g. |
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| Slur |
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| Say nothin' |
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| Omit in pronunciation |
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| Lose a phoneme |
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| Shorten pronunciation |
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| Pass over |
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| Leave out |
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| Pass over |
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| Say "e'er," for instance |
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| Say "nothin'," say |
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| Say "somethin'" |
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| Skip a syllable |
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| Slur over a syllable |
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| Omit |
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| Say "bos'n" or "cap'n" |
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| Mispronounce |
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| Leave out |
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| Say "cap'n," e.g. |
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| Say somethin' |
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| Slur |
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| Cut short |
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| Skip over |
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| Omit in pronunciation |
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| Slur in speech |
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| Eliminate a syllable, perhaps |
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| Say somethin', say |
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| Slip over |
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| Fail to enunciate |
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| Leave out in pronunciation |
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| Abridge |
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| Drop syllables |
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| Say "fo'c's'le," for instance |
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| Say "bos'n" for "boatswain," e.g. |
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| Say "fo'c'sle," for example |
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| Say "fo'c'sle," e.g. |
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| Skip over |
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| Omit |
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| Slide over |
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| Suppress a syllable |
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| Omit a syllable |
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| Ignore, in a way |
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| Slur |
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| Suppress, in a way |
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| Omit a vowel |
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| Omit |
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| Gloss over |
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| Suppress in speech |
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| Omit a vowel sound |
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| Curtail, in a way |
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| Strike out |
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| Omit |
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| Abridge |
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| Suppress |
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| Curtail |
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| Apocopate |
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| Omit; ignore |
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| Cut off |
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| What the untruthful cockney did? |
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| Suppress or ignore |
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| Suppress a vowel or syllable |
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| Suppress, as a vowel |
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| Skip over |
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| Shorten |
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| Pass over |
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| Skip a vowel |
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| Leave out |
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| Slide over |
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| Ignore |
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| Pass over in silence. |
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| What British do with "a" in "secretary." |
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| Omit a syllable. |
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| Omit in pronunciation.. |
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| Leave out a syllable. |
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| Apocopate. |
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| Ignore. |
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| Slur over, as a final vowel. |
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| Slur over a final vowel. |
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| Suppress in pronunciation. |
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| Slur over, in pronunciation. |
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| Strike out. |
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| Slur in pronunciation. |
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| Omit. |
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| Skip. |
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| Suppress. |
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| Pass over. |
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| Skip over. |
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| Slur over. |
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| Leave out |
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| Leave out. |
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| Omit in pronouncing. |
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| Say "'cause," say |
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| To delete. |
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| Slide over. |
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| Omit or slur over. |
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| Nullify. |
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| Omit, as a vowel. |
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| Cut off, as a final vowel. |
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