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, shpayr ]
/ 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
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An’ a’ the time we could no speer a thing.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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
"Rise, Archy, man, and speer at them what they're seekin at this untimous hour."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
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 Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
When ye gae hame to my sister, She'll speer for her brother John:— Ye'll say, ye left him in Kirkland fair,45 The green grass growin aboon.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
The New Reich Chancellery, built by Hitler's favourite architect Albert Speer, was severely damaged at the end of World War Two and then torn down by order of the Soviet forces in 1949.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
As Mr. Dick points out, Speer wasn’t the only OT operator to escape harsh punishment after the war.
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
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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