o'er

See also: oer, oer-, Oër, ör, and -ör

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: ôr, ōʹər, IPA^(key): /ɔɹ/, /ˈoʊ.ɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɔː/, /ˈəʊ.ə/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ōr, IPA^(key): /o(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /oə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Homophones:
  • (in some rhotic and non-rhotic accents): oar, or, ore
  • (in some non-rhotic accents): aw, awe
  • (one pronunciation): ower

Adverb

o'er (not comparable)

1. (literary) Contraction of over

Preposition

o'er

1. (literary) Contraction of over
   • 1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way :

     We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o’er his eye askew,
     The shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat, so calm, so blunt, so true.

See also

• o'erleap

Anagrams

• EOR, ORE, Ore, Ore., REO, ROE, Roe, ore, roe, öre, øre