Inflected Form guide

'at

pron · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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pron

Meaning 1

Reduced form of that.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, form-of, reduced

Examples

  • What’s ’at? (meaning What is that?)
  • I've never seen anything like ’at.
  • ’At a boy!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Alteration (apheresis) of that, attested since Middle English at, atte (“that”, relative pronoun). Compare Old Norse at (“that”, relative pronoun).