speer
verb (used with or without object)
to ask; inquire.
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speer
1 American
[speer]
/ spɪər /
Or
speir,
verb (used with or without object)
Speer
2
American
[speer, shpeyr ]
/ spɪər, ʃpeɪr /
noun
Etymology
Origin of speer
before 900; Middle English speren, spiren, Old English spyrian to make tracks, trace, ask about; cognate with German spüren, Old Norse spyrja to ask; akin to spoor
Example Sentences
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I had seen them speer at the fellow, and put out their twa fingers when they saw him, to guard against the evil eye.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
An’ a’ the time we could no speer a thing.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
"And wha may they be noo, if I may speer?"
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander
Sawney, had ye yer taters here And neeps and carrots—dinna speer What price; though I might tell ye weel, Ye'd ainly think me a leein' chiel.
From The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
But, but—maybe I’ll come an’ speer for ’ee in a day or twa—if I may.”
From The Garret and the Garden by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Mr. Dick’s account of Speer as head of the OT makes for compelling and sobering reading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
“He was so fantastically cooperative,” he said of Speer.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025
The leader was a company created by media executive Bud Paxson and lawyer and entrepreneur Roy Speer.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2025
Created by bassist Laura Lee Ochoa, guitarist Mark Speer and drummer Donald "DJ" Johnson Jr., Khruangbin — which means Airplane — fuse their music with everything from Middle Eastern scales to Peruvian cumbia.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2025
Ellis Speer was saying, “How far are we from Pennsylvania, Colonel, you have any idea?”
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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