| dialect | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. accent, dialect, idiom | the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people.; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy" |
| ~ non-standard speech | speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community. |
| ~ eye dialect | the use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker. |
| ~ patois | a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard. |
| ~ spang, bang | leap, jerk, bang.; "Bullets spanged into the trees" |
| ~ euphonious | (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident.; "her euphonious Southern speech" |
| ~ forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards | at or to or toward the front.; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine" |
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