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oughta

contraction
/ˈɔːtə/UK/ˈɔtə/US/ˈɑtə/

Definitions

  1. Contraction of ought to.

    • There oughta be a law against that.
    • It's not fair to deny me / Of the cross I bear that you gave to me / You, you, you oughta know

  2. Contraction of ought to + have.

    • You oughta been here an hour ago.

The neighborhood

  • neighborto

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for oughta. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA