"spect" meaning in English

See spect in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: spects [present, singular, third-person], specting [participle, present], spected [participle, past], spected [past], 'spect [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛkt Head templates: {{en-verb}} spect (third-person singular simple present spects, present participle specting, simple past and past participle spected)
  1. (colloquial) Aphetic form of expect. Tags: colloquial Related terms: spect-actor (english: etymologically unrelated)
    Sense id: en-spect-en-verb-Nu6cDbA1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "form": "spected",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spected",
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    },
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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              65,
              70
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          ],
          "ref": "1871, Sophie May, Dotty Dimple's Flyaway:",
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          ],
          "ref": "1962, “Comin' Home Baby”, in Comin' Home Baby!, performed by Mel Tormé:",
          "text": "I'm comin' home, I know I'm overdue\nSpect me any day now real soon",
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        "Aphetic form of expect."
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        "(colloquial) Aphetic form of expect."
      ],
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      "homophone": "specced"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "specked"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkt"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "tags": [
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    {
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    },
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        "Rhymes:English/ɛkt/1 syllable"
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              65,
              70
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          ],
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              36,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1962, “Comin' Home Baby”, in Comin' Home Baby!, performed by Mel Tormé:",
          "text": "I'm comin' home, I know I'm overdue\nSpect me any day now real soon",
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        "Aphetic form of expect."
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        "(colloquial) Aphetic form of expect."
      ],
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