afters

/ (ˈɑːftəz) /

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noun (functioning as singular or plural) British

informal dessert; sweet

slang a confrontation or physical violence between football players immediately after they have been involved in a challenge for the ball

QUIZ

THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?

Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.

Question 1 of 7

In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby afters

after-party, afterpeak, afterpiece, after-ripening, after-run, afters, afterschool, aftersensation, aftershaft, aftershave, aftershave lotion

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How to use afters in a sentence

“People have seen design shows before, with beautiful befores and afters,” says Jonathan.
How the Property Brothers Became Your Mom’s Favorite TV Stars|Kevin Fallon|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As for afters, forget a grotty gym shower and leaping into your street-clothes: the post-workout is as much fun as the class.
London’s Own Badass SoulCycle|Emma Woolf|March 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Every little stone bes worth more nor all the fore-and-afters on the coast.
The Harbor Master|Theodore Goodridge Roberts
Such in-and-in fore-and-afters that their booms won't stay guyed-out, even after you've been at the pains to use a hawser.
Miles Wallingford|James Fenimore Cooper

You wanted looking afters just fancy, nosing around a dug-out and not taking any bombs.
A Lively Bit of the Front|Percy F. Westerman
The fore and afters were the ropes secured to the side corners, and they, on being hauled taut and belayed, held it out square.
Pincher Martin, O.D.|H. Taprell Dorling
A fleet of fore-and-afters at anchor has its own slender graciousness.
The Mirror of the Sea|Joseph Conrad