ten-shun
English
Alternative forms
- 'ten-shun
Etymology
Eye dialect spelling of attention.
Interjection
ten-shun
- (US, military) Used to bring a marching band or group of soldiers to attention.
- 1946, Harry Lester Baum, Prelude to Victory: A Masonic Play:
- Company, 'ten-shun—(More violently.) 'ten-shun, please... (He draws himself up exaggeratedly.) Stand straight, like soldiers!
Related terms
- at-ten-shun
- ten-hut