nowt

¹ American  

[naut] / naʊt /

noun

Scot. and North England.

• nowt
  plural

1. an ox.

2. a herd of cattle.

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nowt ² American  

[noht] / noʊt /

noun

British Dialect.

1. naught; nothing.

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nowt ¹ British  

/ naʊt /

noun

1. a dialect word for nothing

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nowt ² British  

/ naʊt /

noun

1. a dialect word for bullock cattle

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• nowt
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of nowt

1150–1200; Middle English < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse naut, neat ²

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Example Sentences

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nowt

Former Cherries striker Dominic Solanke, nowt at Spurs, explained the learning curve with Iraola's methods in an interview with the Times last year.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2025

But for U.S. fans of “Happy Valley,” which returns May 22 on AMC+, BBC America and Acorn TV, it is, as they would say in the north of England, nowt.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2023

Gets fired from Spurs having won nowt, gets the Paris job and avoids winning the league but takes a Champions League doing ... and now he manages perhaps the greatest player ever.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 11, 2021

He said his superior's deputy Ch Supt Ian Mountain told him: "You were not there. It is nowt to do with you."

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2014

“It be all fool-talk, lock, stock, and barrel; that’s what it be, an’ nowt else.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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