ahind
English
Etymology
a- + hind?
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈhaɪnd/
Preposition
ahind
- (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, Walt Kelly, Pogo, January 27 comic strip (→ISBN, p. 10):
- [Porky Pine:] I'll duck ahind the tree an' pop out [...]
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Anagrams
- Dinah, handi
Scots
Adverb
ahind (not comparable)
- Alternative form of ahint
Preposition
ahind
- Alternative form of ahint
References
- “ahind, adv.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.