o'er
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o'er
- /ɔɹ/ US
- /ˈoʊ.ɚ/ US
- /ɔː/ UK
- /ˈəʊ.ə/ UK
- /o(ː)ɹ/
- /oə/
Sounds like oar, ore, or (horse–hoarse merger), aw, awe (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger), ower (one pronunciation of o'er) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
adverb
- Contraction of over
preposition
- Contraction of over 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.
