something like that

pron

Etymology

From something + like + that.

  1. inherited from *tód
  2. inherited from *þat
  3. inherited from *þat
  4. inherited from þæt
  5. inherited from that

Definitions

  1. An intentionally vague thing, used in answers to leading questions which the speaker…

    An intentionally vague thing, used in answers to leading questions which the speaker wishes to deflect or evade.

    • How much did that cost you? Five grand? Something like that, yeah...
    • So are you two an item yet? Eh, something like that.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see something, like, that.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for something like that. 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